With the pressure cooker, the court would ask if the person could have received shock without the pressure cooker. If so, the manufacturer is not responsible, otherwise the manufacturer is responsible. (Seaquist, 2012). Proximate Cause Proximate cause occurs when an injury occurs due to negligence or intentional wrongdoing. To win a case like this, the damages are due to negligence, and the proximate cause of the claim would be in the complaint and would have to be proven at trial, that the defendant's negligent act was the proximate cause of the harm suffered by the plaintiff. (Hill, 2014). Actual Injury This would be the last thing to prove in a negligence case. And that is, there was actually a real injury. If you cannot prove that there was an actual injury you will have no case. It also means that the litigation was already underway and that the deadline for filing the complaint was met. (Seaquist, 2012).Defenses a