Liability for the Negligent Conduct of a Defendant Requires Not

question 81

True/False

Liability for the negligent conduct of a defendant requires not only that the conduct in fact caused injury to the plaintiff but also that it was the proximate cause of the injury.

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Definitions:

Recession

A sharp drop in the overall economic activities, enduring more than a couple of months, commonly reflected in key metrics including real GDP, real income, job numbers, output of the industrial sector, and transactions in the wholesale and retail markets.

Recessionary Gap

A situation where actual economic output is lower than the potential output, indicating underutilized resources and unemployment.

Potential GDP

The highest level of economic output that an economy can sustain over a long period without causing inflation.

Real Output

The quantity of goods and services produced, adjusted for inflation, reflecting the true volume of an economy's production.