April 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, knocking 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. In the barn is a cache of dynamite, and the burning barn explodes, causing part of the roof to fall on and injure a passing motorist, Hideaki. Can Hideaki recover from April? Why or why not?
There is no question that April has breached the duty of reasonable care necessary by parking a car on the hill. Furthermore, there is little doubt that Hideaki has been injured by a roof falling on him and not through his own negligence. Hideaki major task will be to connect April's breach of duty to his injury. To recover, Hideaki must prove April's carelessness was the proximate cause of his injuries. The proximate cause issue becomes a test of foreseeability. Hideaki must show that the chain of events was a foreseeable result of April's carelessness.
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