ABSTRACT
Let’s start with the scene of the crime we’ll investigate in this chapter. Rex was
a dog living in a backyard in “Prairie City, Texas.” On a warm summer day
in mid-August, Rex’s owner called his local telephone company (“Telecorp”1) to
report interrupted local telephone service. A few days later, a telephone service
technician opened the gate to investigate the problem. Rex, spurred on by fear
or perhaps the prospect of freedom, darted past the startled technician and into
the street. Three blocks away, he was struck by a car.
