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Sep 29
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523: Listen and Learn -- Negligence: Fac...

ALISON MONAHAN AND LEE BURGESS - LAW SCHOOL TOOLBOX, LLC
About this episode

Welcome back to the Law School Toolbox podcast! In today's episode, we're focusing on one of the most highly-tested topics on law school exams: Negligence. In particular, we're talking about the different ways in which factual causation can be demonstrated.

In this episode we discuss:

  • Review of the elements of negligence
  • What is factual causation and the five tests that are used to prove it
  • Analyzing two hypos from previous California bar exams

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(https://lawschooltoolbox.com/episode-523-listen-and-learn-negligence-factual-causation/)

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Alison & Lee

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