With the pressure cooker, the court would question whether the person could have been electrocuted without the pressure cooker. If yes, the manufacturer is not responsible, otherwise the manufacturer is responsible. (Seaquist, 2012).Proximate CausationProximate cause occurs when an injury occurs due to negligence or intentional wrongdoing. To win a lawsuit 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 in the trial, that the defendant's negligent act was the proximate cause of the injury suffered by the applicant. (Hill, 2014). Actual Injury This would be the last thing that should be proven in a negligence case. And that’s where the real hurt really happened. If you can't prove there was an actual injury, you won't have a case. This also means that it was already an existing dispute and the deadline for filing the claim was met. (Seaquist, 2012). Defenses against