Nico is a passenger in a car driven by Owen,whose negligence causes an accident,injuring himself.Nico,uninjured,accompanies Owen to Parkside Hospital in an ambulance.The ambulance is hit by a car driven by Quin,injuring Nico.Nico files a suit against Owen,whose best defense is
A)assumption of risk.
B)contributory negligence.
C)negligence per se.
D)superseding cause.

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Superseding cause means an event that occurs after the defendant's initial act of negligence and which breaks the chain of causation, relieving the defendant of liability. In this case, the accident caused by Quin is an intervening event that breaks the chain of causation between Owen's negligence and Nico's injury. Therefore, Owen can argue that Quin's act was a superseding cause that relieved him of liability for Nico's injury.

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