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1-2",children:"Intervening & Superseding Causes"}),e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-red-700 mb-2",children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Foreseeable intervening causes"})," (medical malpractice, rescuer negligence, subsequent accidents) do NOT break the chain. ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"Unforeseeable, extraordinary intervening causes"})," (acts of God, criminal acts by third parties) generally DO break the chain and are superseding causes."]})]})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"Eggshell Skull Plaintiff Rule"})]}),e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-muted-foreground",children:["Once proximate cause is established, the defendant is liable for the ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"full extent"})," of the plaintiff's injuries, even if a pre-existing condition made them more susceptible. The defendant âtakes their victim as they find them.â"]})]}),e.jsx("img",{src:"/resources/law-1l/negligence/image_4_neg_vs_strict.png",alt:"Comparison table of negligence versus strict liability",className:"w-full max-w-lg mx-auto rounded-xl border border-border shadow-sm"})]}),e.jsxs("section",{id:"defenses",className:"mb-14 scroll-mt-20",children:[e.jsx("a",{href:"#defenses",className:"group no-underline",children:e.jsxs("h2",{className:"text-2xl font-bold mb-4 flex items-center gap-2",children:[e.jsx("span",{className:"flex items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 rounded-full bg-primary text-white text-sm font-bold",children:"6"}),"Defenses to Negligence",e.jsx(r,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-muted-foreground opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"})]})}),e.jsx("h3",{className:"text-xl font-semibold mb-3",children:"Contributory Negligence (Minority Rule)"}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-red-200 bg-red-50 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-red-700 mb-2",children:["If the plaintiff's own negligence contributed in any way to their injury, no matter how slight, they are ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"completely barred"})," from recovery. Only a few jurisdictions still follow this harsh rule."]}),e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-red-700",children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Last Clear Chance:"})," An exception â if the defendant had the last clear chance to avoid the accident but failed to do so, the plaintiff's contributory negligence does not bar recovery."]})]}),e.jsx("h3",{className:"text-xl font-semibold mb-3",children:"Comparative Negligence (Majority Rule)"}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-3 mb-6",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-green-200 bg-green-50 p-5",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-green-800 mb-2",children:"Pure Comparative Negligence"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-sm text-green-700",children:"Damages reduced by plaintiff's percentage of fault, regardless of how high. A plaintiff 90% at fault with $100,000 in damages can still recover $10,000."})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-blue-200 bg-blue-50 p-5",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-blue-800 mb-2",children:"Modified Comparative Negligence"}),e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-blue-700",children:["Damages reduced by plaintiff's fault, but recovery is ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"barred"})," if fault exceeds a threshold. ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"50% Bar Rule:"})," Recovery barred if fault is 51%+. ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"51% Bar Rule:"})," Recovery barred if fault is 50%+. 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Courts may not enforce waivers that violate public policy, involve essential services, or are unconscionable."})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-purple-200 bg-purple-50 p-5",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-purple-800 mb-2",children:"Implied Assumption of Risk"}),e.jsxs("p",{className:"text-sm text-purple-700",children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Primary:"})," Plaintiff voluntarily participates in an activity with inherent risks (e.g., baseball, skiing). Acts as a complete bar because it negates the duty element. ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"Secondary:"})," Plaintiff knowingly encounters a risk created by defendant's negligence â usually merged into comparative negligence."]})]})]}),e.jsx("img",{src:"/resources/law-1l/negligence/image_5_exam_strategy.png",alt:"Step-by-step IRAC exam strategy for negligence analysis",className:"w-full max-w-lg mx-auto rounded-xl border border-border shadow-sm"})]}),e.jsxs("section",{id:"worked-examples",className:"mb-14 scroll-mt-20",children:[e.jsx("a",{href:"#worked-examples",className:"group no-underline",children:e.jsxs("h2",{className:"text-2xl font-bold mb-4 flex items-center gap-2",children:[e.jsx("span",{className:"flex items-center justify-center w-8 h-8 rounded-full bg-primary text-white text-sm font-bold",children:"7"}),"Worked Examples",e.jsx(r,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-muted-foreground opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 transition-opacity"})]})}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-green-200 bg-green-50 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-green-600 mb-2",children:"Basic Negligence"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-green-800 mb-3",children:"Duty, Breach, Actual Cause, Proximate Cause, Damages"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-sm text-green-700 mb-3",children:"David, while texting, drives at 45 mph in a 25 mph zone. He swerves, hits a parked car, and collides with Paul, a pedestrian on the sidew
1alk, breaking Paul's leg."}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-2 text-sm text-green-700",children:[e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Duty:"})," David owed a duty as a driver to exercise reasonable care to pedestrians, including Paul â a foreseeable plaintiff on the sidewalk."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Breach:"})," Texting while driving and speeding excessively (45 in a 25 zone). A reasonably prudent driver would not engage in such behavior."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Actual Cause:"})," But for David's texting and speeding, he would not have swerved and collided with Paul."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Proximate Cause:"})," Highly foreseeable that speeding and distracted driving in a residential area could cause physical injury to a pedestrian."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Damages:"})," Broken leg requiring medical treatment and causing pain and suffering."]})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs text-green-600 mt-3 italic",children:"Conclusion: Paul can successfully establish a prima facie case of negligence against David."})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-blue-200 bg-blue-50 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-blue-600 mb-2",children:"Proximate Cause"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-blue-800 mb-3",children:"Intervening/Superseding Cause"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-sm text-blue-700 mb-3",children:"Sarah negligently leaves an unsecured tarp on her roof. A sudden, unpredicted hurricane-force gust rips it off, smashing through neighbor Tom's window, causing $5,000 in damage."}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-2 text-sm text-blue-700",children:[e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Duty & Breach:"})," Sarah likely owed a duty to secure her tarp, and leaving it unsecured may constitute a breach."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Actual Cause:"})," But for Sarah leaving the tarp unsecured, it would not have damaged Tom's window."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Proximate Cause:"})," While foreseeable that an unsecured tarp might blow off in strong wind, a sudden, unpredicted hurricane-force gust is an ",e.jsx("em",{children:"extraordinary and unforeseeable intervening event"})," â a superseding cause that breaks the chain of proximate causation."]})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs text-blue-600 mt-3 italic",children:"Conclusion: Tom will likely fail to establish proximate cause because the hurricane-force gust was a superseding cause."})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-purple-200 bg-purple-50 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-purple-600 mb-2",children:"Negligence Per Se"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-purple-800 mb-3",children:"Statutory Violation Analysis"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-sm text-purple-700 mb-3",children:"A leash ordinance requires dogs to be leashed in parks. Mark lets his dog Buster run off-leash. Buster knocks over Lily, a child, causing a concussion."}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-2 text-sm text-purple-700",children:[e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Statutory Violation:"})," Mark violated the leash ordinance."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Purpose of Statute:"})," The ordinance is designed to prevent incidents like dog bites and knockdowns â protecting public safety, especially children."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Class of Persons:"})," Lily, a child in the park, is within the protected class."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Type of Harm:"})," A concussion from being knocked over is precisely the type of harm the ordinance was designed to prevent."]})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs text-purple-600 mt-3 italic",children:"Conclusion: Lily can establish negligence per se, satisfying duty and breach. 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Jurisdiction follows modified comparative negligence (51% bar)."}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-2 text-sm text-orange-700",children:[e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Plaintiff's Fault:"})," Peter was found 40% at fault."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Threshold Check:"})," Since 40% < 50%, Peter is not barred from recovery."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Damage Reduction:"})," $50,000 Ã 0.40 = $20,000 reduction."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Recovery:"})," $50,000 â $20,000 = ",e.jsx("strong",{children:"$30,000"}),"."]})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs text-orange-600 mt-3 italic",children:"Conclusion: Peter can recover $30,000 from Donna."})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-red-200 bg-red-50 p-5 mb-6",children:[e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-red-600 mb-2",children:"Professional Negligence"}
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1),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-base font-bold text-red-800 mb-3",children:"Medical Malpractice"}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-sm text-red-700 mb-3",children:"Dr. Smith, a GP, performs complex heart surgery typically done by cardiothoracic surgeons. 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Beth, an experienced hiker with a first-aid kit, passes by but decides not to stop. Alex develops complications from delayed aid."}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"space-y-2 text-sm text-amber-700",children:[e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Relationship:"})," Alex and Beth are strangers â no special relationship exists."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Peril:"})," Beth did not create Alex's peril (his own fall)."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"Undertaking:"})," Beth did not begin to rescue and then abandon Alex."]}),e.jsxs("p",{children:[e.jsx("strong",{children:"General Rule:"})," Under the âno duty to rescueâ rule, Beth had no legal obligation to stop despite her ability to help."]})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xs text-amber-600 mt-3 italic",children:"Conclusion: Beth cannot be held liable. 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Five elements, five hurdles.â"})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"Palsgraf's 5 P's"})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xl italic font-serif text-foreground leading-relaxed",children:"âProximate cause requires Predictable Peril to a Particular Person. If the plaintiff wasn't foreseeable, there's no duty.â"})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"But-For Chant"})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xl italic font-serif text-foreground leading-relaxed",children:"âBut for, but for, but for the defendant's action, the injury wouldn't occur. Remove the act â does the injury disappear?â"})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"RIL Checklist"})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xl italic font-serif text-foreground leading-relaxed",children:"âRes Ipsa Loquitur: Rare occurrence (doesn't happen without negligence), Instrumentality in defendant's control, Lack of plaintiff's contribution.â"})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"4 D's of Duty to Rescue"})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xl italic font-serif text-foreground leading-relaxed",children:"âDanger created by defendant, Defendant undertakes a rescue, Defendant in special relationship, Defendant has a contract to act.â"})]}),e.jsxs("div",{className:"rounded-xl border border-primary/20 bg-gradient-to-br from-primary/5 to-primary/10 p-5",children:[e.jsxs("div",{className:"flex items-center gap-2 mb-2",children:[e.jsx(l,{className:"h-4 w-4 text-primary flex-shrink-0"}),e.jsx("span",{className:"text-xs font-bold uppercase tracking-widest text-primary",children:"Negligence Per Se"})]}),e.jsx("p",{className:"text-xl italic font-serif text-foreground leading-relaxed",children:"âThe Rule Was Broken, So Was The Duty. 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