Suppose a television company manufactures a defective product. The televisions combust and explode randomly. In one circumstance, a television that is sitting next to a bunch of illegal fireworks on a garage shelf explodes. As a result of the fireworks exploding, the entire house catches on fire, and it spreads to the houses of three neighbors down the block. The neighbors want to sue the television company for negligence. In most states, the neighbors would not succeed in suing the television company for negligence. Why?

multiple choice

The television company did not intend for the televisions to explode.

The events were not foreseeable and therefore proximate cause cannot be established.

The events were foreseeable.

The neighbors cannot show damages.

Actual cause cannot be proven.