Immediate Cause

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1. Why is the immediate physical cause not automatically identical to legal proximate cause? Multiple Choice Easy
2. Can an act be both the immediate and proximate cause on appropriate facts? Multiple Choice Easy
3. Which statement follows the cited cases concerning an earlier negligent event? Multiple Choice Easy
4. A worker negligently leaves a suspended load unsecured. It falls naturally and strikes a person. The falling load suppl… Multiple Choice Medium
5. A shop negligently leaves a slippery spill. A customer slips because of it and is injured on impact with the floor. The… Multiple Choice Medium
6. A negligently defective railing gives way during ordinary expected use. A person falls and is injured when landing. The… Multiple Choice Hard
7. A claimant points to an old negligent act only because it occurred before the injury. The court finds no natural causal… Multiple Choice Hard
8. Distinguish the immediate physical mechanism from proximate cause, and explain why the final impact may coexist with an… Essay Medium
9. A negligently unsecured load falls and injures a passerby. No efficient intervening cause appears. Explain why the defe… Essay Medium
10. Explain why the statement “proximate cause need not be the nearest event” neither makes every earlier act proximate nor… Essay Medium
11. In separating immediate physical mechanism from proximate cause, which question is indispensable? Multiple Choice Easy
12. Does identifying an immediate mechanism dispense with identifying the responsible person’s actionable conduct? Multiple Choice Easy