Ruth carelessly parks her car on a steep hill, leaving the car in neutral and failing to engage the parking brake. The car rolls down the hill and knocks down an electric line. The sparks from the broken line ignite a grass fire. The fire spreads until it reaches a barn one mile away. The barn houses dynamite, and the burning barn explodes, causing part of the roof to fall on and injure a passing motorist, Jim. What legal claims do you think Jim might try to bring against Ruth

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Chris Salazar

Social Studies

28 May, 01:12

Ruth carelessly parks her car on a steep hill, leaving the car in neutral and failing to engage the parking brake. The car rolls down the hill and knocks down an electric line. The sparks from the broken line ignite a grass fire. The fire spreads until it reaches a barn one mile away. The barn houses dynamite, and the burning barn explodes, causing part of the roof to fall on and injure a passing motorist, Jim. What legal claims do you think Jim might try to bring against Ruth

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Frankie Owen · Answer 1

The correct answer is : ¨Proximate causation.

Explanation:

It is an event that is immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. In this case, the damaged caused to Jim. It is concerning how the loss or damage actually occurred In the case of Ji, he cannot recover from Ruth because Jim was not in a close radius to where the car crashed the line.