Negligence – Causation – Factual and Legal

This question is on the issue of causation as an element of negligence. You are to focus attention on deciding whether or not causation has been proved as it relates to the claim of negligence by Melinda. The question itself has provided you with the hint that negligence is available but you must furnish sufficient judicial authorities to support your ruling that causation exists.

In answering this type of question, you must state the general tests of causation, both factual and legal, and apply them to the facts of your exam question, as we have done in the sample answer below.