Jack initiates a sequence of events that results in an injury to Kay.According to the New York Court of Appeals in Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co., the question of whether Jack was negligent with respect to Kay depends on whether Kay's injury was reasonably foreseeable to
A)a bystander.
B)an insurance company.
C)Jack.
D)Kay.

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According to the principle of proximate cause established in Palsgraf v.Long Island Railroad Co., for an individual to be held liable for negligence, the harm caused must be reasonably foreseeable. In this case, the focus is on whether Jack could reasonably foresee the injury to Kay. Therefore, the answer is C because Kay's injury must have been foreseeable to Jack to hold him liable for negligence. The others, a bystander, an insurance company, and Kay herself, are irrelevant in determining Jack's negligence.

Jack Initiates a Sequence of Events That Results in an Injury