Proximate Cause and Actual Harm or Loss
Completion requirements
Legal Studies 3040
Section 1: What is Negligence?
Proximate Cause and Actual Harm or Loss
Lawyers in negligence cases speak of the
proximate cause
of an event — the direct cause of a person's loss or injury. If a cause
is too far removed, it can't be considered the event's proximate cause.
In this lesson, you have looked at the basic elements that must
be present if negligence is to be established. Summed up, these are
Conclusion
In this lesson, you have looked at the basic elements that must
be present if negligence is to be established. Summed up, these are
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a duty of care
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a standard of care
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a genuine harm or loss
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direct connection between the negligence and the loss