The Proximate Cause Requirement for a Negligence Tort Is Most

question 14

Multiple Choice

The proximate cause requirement for a negligence tort is most likely not met where:

• A) a customer becomes ill from food that is carelessly packed at a processing plant.
• B) a patient becomes sick from a doctor carelessly prescribing the wrong medicine.
• C) a customer in a building supply store carelessly drops a small can of paint that breaks open and is ignited from a spark caused when the metal can hits the concrete floor.
• D) a driver injures a pedestrian when rounding a curve at twice the legal speed limit.
• E) the victim of an accident was aware, prior to the actual accident, that the accident was likely to occur.

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Definitions:

Predictor Variables

Variables that are used in statistical models to predict or explain changes in the dependent variable.

Regression Parameters

Quantitative values in a regression equation that represent the relationship between the independent variable and the dependent variable.

Y-intercept

The y-intercept is the point where a line or curve intersects the y-axis of a coordinate system, representing the value of the dependent variable when the independent variable is zero.

Independent Variables

Variables in an analysis that are manipulated or categorized to determine their effect on dependent variables.