Which of the following is an unforeseeable event which interrupts the causal chain between the defendant's breach of duty and the damages the plaintiff suffered?

A) A surprise event
B) A superseding cause
C) A relative cause
D) An unusual cause
E) Assumption of the risk

Superseding Cause

refers to an unforeseeable event that interrupts the chain of causation and becomes the primary reason for an injury, thereby relieving the defendant from liability in a negligence claim.

Causal Chain

A sequence of events where each event is the result of the preceding one and causes the next.

Unforeseeable Event

An event that cannot be anticipated or predicted with reasonable accuracy.