Driving down the street you stupidly run a red light and hit a car legally going through a green light. You knock that car into a parked car, which knocks a loaded gun out of the parked car that falls on the street and fires a bullet that hits a person walking on the sidewalk. That person sues you in tort for damages. They will probably:
A) win because you were negligent and caused their injury
B) win because strict liability would apply to your actions
C) win because carrying a loaded gun is dangerous
D) lose because there is no proximate cause
E) lose because traffic violations may not be the basis for tort actions

Question

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The person will likely lose because there is no proximate cause. The chain of events leading to the injury is too indirect and unforeseeable to hold the driver liable for the pedestrian's injury.

Driving Down the Street You Stupidly Run a Red Light