Michaela Griffith's Causation Case Study
Michaela Griffith
Causation
Fiona points a gun at Graham and who has a sudden heart attack and dies. The thin skull rule states that F has to take the victim G as she finds him, this means that although G had a heart condition and F may not have know this, that she will be held liable for the full extent of G's death, although she did not directly kill him. BLAUE (1975) In relation to causation 'But For' F not pointing a gun at G, G would not have had a heart attack and died. Therefor F is the factual cause of Gs death. She wouldn't be the factual cause of death if the death would have occurred anyway. WHITE (1910). Legal causation will be easier to establish. The De Minimis Principle states that F not need be the sole or the main cause of the
Causation
Fiona points a gun at Graham and who has a sudden heart attack and dies. The thin skull rule states that F has to take the victim G as she finds him, this means that although G had a heart condition and F may not have know this, that she will be held liable for the full extent of G's death, although she did not directly kill him. BLAUE (1975) In relation to causation 'But For' F not pointing a gun at G, G would not have had a heart attack and died. Therefor F is the factual cause of Gs death. She wouldn't be the factual cause of death if the death would have occurred anyway. WHITE (1910). Legal causation will be easier to establish. The De Minimis Principle states that F not need be the sole or the main cause of the