Definition of "Foreseeability" FORESEEABILITY - A key issue in determining a person's liability. If a defendant could not reasonably have foreseen that someone might be hurt by his or her actions, then there may be no liability.
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(n) Foreseeability is the ability to anticipate the future events, outcomes or results of an action based on the circumstances, past experiences,
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Date posted: April 08, 2008 ; Last revised: October 03, 2008 Foreseeability thus represents a cognition-based doctrinal limit to the behavioral modification that the common law attempts to induce.
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foreseeability n. reasonable anticipation of the possible results of an action, such as what may happen if one is negligent or consequential damages...
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The most common test of proximate cause is foreseeability. It determines if the harm resulting from an action was reasonably...
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Specifically, Plaintiff argued that a duty of care existed under two theories to back door the foreseeability problem: (1) a "special relationship" the hospital had with the patient and with Plaintiff, (2) a voluntary assumption of a duty of care by the hospital to protect third parties from harm caused by...
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