However, foreseeable results of unforeseeable causes may still raise liability. For example, a bolt of lightning strikes a ship carrying volatile compressed gas, resulting in the expected explosion. Liability may be found if the carrier did not use reasonable care to protect against sparks -- regardless of their origins...
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Similarly, strict liability could defeat a defense for an act of God where the defendant has created the conditions under which any accident would result in harm. For example, a long-haul truck driver takes a shortcut on a back road and the load is lost when the road is destroyed in an unforeseen flood...
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Legal Framework In order that sound advise be given, it must first be determined what tort or torts are relevant. The facts of this case indicate that there appears to be an issue with regard to the tort of negligence, in particular one of a negligent act...	1 / 249
Negligence and Tort Law Many accidents have more than one proximate cause. It is typically not necessary for liability that the defendant's negligence be either the only proximate cause of an injury, or the last proximate cause...	5 / 1310
effects Strict liability, at common law landowners are protected under the principle of Rylands v. Fletcher against damages caused by escape of substances resulting from some ? special use bringing with it increased danger to others, not only the ordinary use of the land or such use as is proper for the general benefit to the community...	3 / 779
Product Liability : Example Case Mr Z also noticed that there are no signs in the area warning him of the dangerous conditions and asking him to use caution or to use the other side of the road...	5 / 1164