[Blow Up] Devin Has Several Full Gas Cans in the Bed

question 37

Multiple Choice

[Blow Up] Devin has several full gas cans in the bed of her pick-up truck, because she runs a landscaping company and needs the gas for her mowers. On the way home from the gas station, Devin stops at her bank and exits her truck. Teresa pulls behind her and negligently rear-ends Devin's pick-up. The truck explodes and results in the bank building burning to the ground. The bank sues Teresa for negligence claiming that Teresa should have to pay for the entire bank building. The bank claims that it should be able to recover under the res ipsa loquitur doctrine.
-Is Teresa the proximate cause of the bank burning?

• A) Teresa is not the proximate cause of the bank burning because it was not foreseeable that Devin would have gas in the back of her pick-up truck that would result in such a fire.
• B) Teresa is not the proximate case of the accident because her actions were not the cause in fact of the accident.
• C) Teresa's actions were not the proximate cause of the accident because actual causation cannot be established since it was foreseeable that gas can result in a fire.
• D) Teresa's actions were the proximate cause of the bank's burning because actual cause is present.
• E) Teresa's actions were the proximate cause of the bank's burning because cause in fact can be established.

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