Podcast Episode 382: Listen and Learn — Negligence: Proximate Cause

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! Today, we’re discussing Proximate Cause – a subtopic of Negligence in Tort Law.

In this episode we discuss:

• Reviewing the elements of negligence
• The two hurdles a plaintiff must overcome when it comes to causation
• The rule for proximate cause
• Intervening causes and intervening criminal acts
• Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams

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Resources:

• “Listen and Learn” series
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2010
• California Bar Examination – Essay Questions and Selected Answers, July 2014
• Podcast Episode 244: Listen and Learn – Negligence Per Se
• Podcast Episode 257: Listen and Learn – The “Reasonable Person” Standard

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