LAW 201 Final: tutorial deux
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Enough to sustain him for the rest of his life tort analysis: damages a duty of care standard of care causation remoteness. Why is j is going after r? because r has the best insurance policy!! The standard of care is what a reasonable person is likely to do in the same situation it needs to be proved that the negligent action caused the damages ! The but-for test is a test commonly used in tort law. The anns/cooper test : of two cases where the issue was how to decide if a duty of care is owed when uncertainty exists. Stage one of the test is whether the harm is reasonably foreseeable and if there is a close-enough relationship between the defendant and the plaintiff. Stage two of the test is if there are any public policy reasons to invalidate the tort. C was 23% liable, c"s (cid:373)other was 30% liable, and j was 10% liable.
