Harm Must Be Foreseeable to Be Considered the Proximate Cause

question 32

True/False

Harm must be foreseeable to be considered the proximate cause of an injury in negligence.​

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Definitions:

Management Inventory

An individualized personnel record for managerial, professional, or technical personnel that includes all elements in the skills inventory with the addition of information on specialized duties, responsibilities, and accountabilities.

Additional Information

This term refers to extra or supplementary data provided beyond what was originally given or required.

Stochastic Probability

Involves randomness and uncertainty, it is the probability approach used to model and predict outcomes in situations where exact outcomes are unpredictable.

Transitional Probability

Calculated as the proportion of employees, or the number of employees who have historically resided in a given employment state divided by the total number of employees in the job. The transitional probability of termination for a job that has 10 employees and historically has seen 2 leave every year is 2/10, or 20 percent.