MANAGMNT 260 Lecture Notes - Lecture 27: Contributory Negligence, Proximate And Ultimate Causation, Strict Liability
23 Jan 2017
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Only duty to act if there is some contact or relationship that would compose a duty. When we do act, our duty is to act with reasonable care. Failure to exercise reasonable care and avoid reasonably foreseeable consequences. If there is a direct casual change, the initial change/causation. Necessary for a successful negligent action, need to show both actual and proximate causation. Only going to be responsible for a reasonably foreseeable to the cause of my actions. Someone needs to be hurt, there needs to be harm to sue. Doesn"t matter if you were trying to be very careful. If you were engaged in a hazardous activity, you are going to be strictly liable for any harm caused by that activity no matter how careful you are. You get economic benefits, you should get the economic costs as well. Contributory negligence: if the plaintiff is at all negligent, then the plaintiff cannot recover.
