Washington Law of Negligence

Hoffer v State of Washington, 110 Wn.2d 415, 422, 755 P.2d 781 (1988):

These claims sound in negligence, for which the elements are duty, breach of duty, proximate causation, and resulting injury. Alger v. Mukilteo, 107 Wn.2d 541, 545, 730 P.2d 1333 (1987).

Hoffer v State of Washington, 110 Wn.2d 415, 425, 755 P.2d 781 (1988):

In order to constitute proximate cause, “negligent conduct must cause in a direct sequence, unbroken by any independent cause, the injury complained of.” Alger v. Mukilteo, 107 Wn.2d 541, 545, 730 P.2d 1333 (1987).