Question

While jessica, ashley, and bryan are snowboarding, they ignore warning signs indicating that they have left the marked trail and are entering dangerous territory where they become lost. while climbing the mountain as part of the rescue effort, a snowplow accidentally cuts a nearby town's main electrical cable. due to the loss of her electric heat, ethel, an elderly woman, dies of hypothermia. the boarders' negligence in ignoring the warning signs is:_________. a. not the cause of ethel’s death. b. the proximate cause of ethel’s death. c. the causation in fact, but not the proximate cause, of ethel’s death. d. the superseding cause of ethel’s death.

Answer 1

Answer:

c. the causation in fact, but not the proximate cause, of Ethel’s death.

Explanation:

The law includes two forms of causation: cause-in-fact, and cause-in-proximity (or legal).

The "but for" check decides the cause-in-fact: However the outcome would not have happened without the action.

Both requirements should be met for such an action to be considered to cause harm; proximate cause is a legal restriction on cause-in-fact.