
Originally Posted by
FK
but the way i understand proximate cause it like you disregard the clear danger that you know what might happen... like ignoring the opened manhole, a damage waiting shed that might collapse. That's a good example for a proximate cause right? But soliciting to establishment to be awarded as prizes? mura lagpas ra kaau.
sometimes the danger might not be obvious, that's why the principle extends to what a prudent and reasonable man might do to analyze the situation and anticipate what could happen.
the proximate cause is the start - encouraging people to attend bec. of huge prizes, but actually, what is involved is a chain of events leading to an incident which causes damage or injury. IMO, what gonzales is saying is that since the organizers enticed people to attend, then they should have anticipated the large crowd that could show up (and they anticipated that 30K would show up), and moved the venue or put in place some form of crowd control to prevent any untoward incident. all this, of course, is just based on what's reported in the media so we'll just have to wait for the final report of the investigators.....