An employee of the municipal electrical utility marked an area of a construction site as safe...

 

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An employee of the municipal electrical utility marked an area of a construction site as "safe to dig." Later, an employee of one of the construction firms working on-site was preparing to dig a trench with a mechanical digger. A site foreman, hired to manage the project by the site owner, asked him if he wanted the job site power to be cut for a period of time. The worker replied that his work area was safe, and proceeded to dig the trench. Severing a live cable, the worker was seriously injured. Discuss the issues of proximate cause raised by these facts. An employee of the municipal electrical utility marked an area of a construction site as "safe to dig." Later, an employee of one of the construction firms working on-site was preparing to dig a trench with a mechanical digger. A site foreman, hired to manage the project by the site owner, asked him if he wanted the job site power to be cut for a period of time. The worker replied that his work area was safe, and proceeded to dig the trench. Severing a live cable, the worker was seriously injured. Discuss the issues of proximate cause raised by these facts.

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The concept of proximate cause in legal terms refers to the direct cause of an event as well as the foreseeability of the consequences that result fro... View the full answer