{"id":33549,"date":"2026-10-04T07:32:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:32:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/?p=33549"},"modified":"2026-10-04T07:36:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-04T07:36:38","slug":"remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Remoteness of Damage in Tort Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 id=\"h-meaning-of-remoteness-of-damage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Meaning_of_Remoteness_of_Damage\"><\/span>Meaning of Remoteness of Damage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remoteness of damage means a person is liable only for those consequences of his wrongful act that are sufficiently connected with the act. A defendant is not liable for every consequence that follows from his wrongful conduct.<\/p><div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_88 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #0c0c0c;color:#0c0c0c\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: 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href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#In_Jure_Non_Remota_Causa_Sed_Proxima_Spectatur\" >In Jure Non Remota Causa Sed Proxima Spectatur<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Why_Is_Remoteness_Important\" >Why Is Remoteness Important?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Causation_and_Remoteness\" >Causation and Remoteness<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Tests_of_Remoteness\" >Tests of Remoteness<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Direct_Consequence_Test_Older_Rule\" >Direct Consequence Test (Older Rule)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Reasonable_Foreseeability_Test_Modern_Rule\" >Reasonable Foreseeability Test (Modern Rule)<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Foreseeability_of_the_Kind_of_Damage\" >Foreseeability of the Kind of Damage<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Thin_Skull_Eggshell_Skull_Rule\" >Thin Skull (Eggshell Skull) Rule<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Intervening_Acts_%E2%80%93_Novus_Actus_Interveniens\" >Intervening Acts \u2013 Novus Actus Interveniens<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Acts_of_the_Victim\" >Acts of the Victim<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Acts_of_Third_Persons\" >Acts of Third Persons<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Medical_Treatment\" >Medical Treatment<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Natural_Events\" >Natural Events<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Remoteness_and_Nervous_Shock\" >Remoteness and Nervous Shock<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Remoteness_and_Economic_Loss\" >Remoteness and Economic Loss<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Important_Case_Laws_Summary_Table\" >Important Case Laws (Summary Table)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Remoteness_of_Damage_in_Indian_Tort_Law\" >Remoteness of Damage in Indian Tort Law<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Remoteness_in_One_Sentence\" >Remoteness in One Sentence<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/remoteness-of-damage-in-tort-law\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even when duty, breach and causation are proved, the court must still decide whether the damage is too remote to be legally recoverable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A drives his car carelessly and hits B, causing B a broken leg. This injury is not remote because physical injury is a normal and foreseeable result of a car accident, so A is liable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But suppose after the accident B goes home, and, while resting, a rare chemical from his old paint tin suddenly explodes and burns his face severely. This burn is too remote because it is a highly unexpected and unforeseeable consequence that has no real connection with A\u2019s careless driving, so A is not liable for the burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-in-jure-non-remota-causa-sed-proxima-spectatur\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"In_Jure_Non_Remota_Causa_Sed_Proxima_Spectatur\"><\/span>In Jure Non Remota Causa Sed Proxima Spectatur<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remoteness of damage is expressed by the Latin maxim <em>In jure non remota causa sed proxima spectatur<\/em>, which means that in law the proximate (nearest) cause is considered, not the remote cause. Simply put, a person is held liable only for those consequences of his wrongful act that are sufficiently close and connected to the act and not for distant or unexpected results that have only a weak link with the original wrongdoing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-why-is-remoteness-important\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_Is_Remoteness_Important\"><\/span>Why Is Remoteness Important?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The law of torts cannot impose unlimited liability. One wrongful act may produce a very long chain of consequences. Therefore, the law draws a boundary between:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Damage that is legally recoverable, and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Damage that is too remote and therefore not recoverable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remoteness is a limit on the extent of liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-causation-and-remoteness\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Causation_and_Remoteness\"><\/span>Causation and Remoteness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two questions must be kept separate:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Causation:<\/strong> Did the defendant\u2019s act cause the damage?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Remoteness:<\/strong> Is that damage sufficiently connected with the act to make the defendant legally liable?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A consequence may be factually caused by the defendant\u2019s conduct but still be too remote in law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-tests-of-remoteness\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Tests_of_Remoteness\"><\/span>Tests of Remoteness<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-direct-consequence-test-older-rule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Direct_Consequence_Test_Older_Rule\"><\/span>Direct Consequence Test (Older Rule)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the older rule, a defendant was liable for all direct consequences of his wrongful act, even if those consequences were not reasonably foreseeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leading case:<\/strong> <em>Re Polemis &amp; Furness, Withy &amp; Co. Ltd. (1921)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A plank was negligently dropped into the hold of a ship. It caused a spark that ignited petrol vapour and resulted in a fire. Although the exact manner of the fire was not foreseeable, the defendant was held liable because the fire was a direct consequence of the negligent act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rule:<\/strong> Once the act is negligent, the defendant may be liable for its direct consequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This test was later rejected in favour of the reasonable foreseeability test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-reasonable-foreseeability-test-modern-rule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Reasonable_Foreseeability_Test_Modern_Rule\"><\/span>Reasonable Foreseeability Test (Modern Rule)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modern rule is based mainly on reasonable foreseeability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leading case:<\/strong> <em>The Waggon Mound (No. 1) \u2013 Overseas Tankship (U.K.) Ltd. v. Morts Dock &amp; Engineering Co. Ltd. (1961)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Oil was negligently discharged into Sydney Harbour. The oil spread to a wharf where welding was going on. The oil caught fire and caused damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Privy Council held that the defendant was liable only for damage of a kind that was reasonably foreseeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principle:<\/strong> A defendant is generally liable for damage that a reasonable person could have foreseen as a possible consequence of the wrongful act. He is generally not liable for damage of a completely unforeseeable kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-foreseeability-of-the-kind-of-damage\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Foreseeability_of_the_Kind_of_Damage\"><\/span>Foreseeability of the Kind of Damage<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not necessary to foresee the exact manner in which the injury will occur. What matters is whether the general type or kind of damage was reasonably foreseeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Example:<\/strong> If a person negligently drives a car and causes an accident, it is foreseeable that someone may suffer physical injury. It is not necessary to foresee the exact injury or the exact sequence of events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Supporting case:<\/strong> <em>Hughes v. Lord Advocate <\/em>(1963) \u2013 The exact manner of occurrence need not be foreseeable if the kind of injury is foreseeable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contrast:<\/strong> <em>Doughty v. Turner Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (1964)<\/em> \u2013 Damage of a fundamentally different kind may be too remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-thin-skull-eggshell-skull-rule\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Thin_Skull_Eggshell_Skull_Rule\"><\/span>Thin Skull (Eggshell Skull) Rule<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The thin skull rule is an important exception to the ordinary rules of remoteness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Meaning:<\/strong> The defendant must take the victim as he finds him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the defendant\u2019s act causes foreseeable injury, the defendant may be liable for the full extent of the injury, even though the victim had an unusual physical or mental condition that made the injury much worse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Leading case:<\/strong> <em>Smith v. Leech Brain &amp; Co. Ltd. (1962)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A worker suffered a burn caused by the defendant\u2019s negligence. Because of a pre-existing condition, the burn eventually resulted in cancer and death. The defendant was held liable because the initial injury was foreseeable, even though the serious consequences were unusually severe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Principle:<\/strong> The unusual susceptibility of the victim does not normally reduce the defendant\u2019s liability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You cannot escape liability merely because the victim was unusually vulnerable. The defendant need not foresee the victim\u2019s particular vulnerability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-intervening-acts-novus-actus-interveniens\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Intervening_Acts_%E2%80%93_Novus_Actus_Interveniens\"><\/span>Intervening Acts \u2013 Novus Actus Interveniens<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sometimes a new event occurs between the defendant\u2019s wrongful act and the final damage. Such an event may break the chain of causation. This is known as <em>novus actus interveniens<\/em> (a new intervening act).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The intervening event may be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>an act of the victim,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an act of a third person, or<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>an extraordinary natural event.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the intervening event is sufficiently independent and unforeseeable, the original defendant may not be liable for the later damage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-acts-of-the-victim\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Acts_of_the_Victim\"><\/span>Acts of the Victim<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If the victim\u2019s own later act is unreasonable and unforeseeable, it may break the chain of causation. However, a normal reaction to the defendant\u2019s wrongdoing will generally not break the chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-acts-of-third-persons\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Acts_of_Third_Persons\"><\/span>Acts of Third Persons<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a third person\u2019s intervention is reasonably foreseeable, the defendant may still remain liable. But if the third person\u2019s conduct is extraordinary and unforeseeable, it may constitute a new intervening act and break the chain of causation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-medical-treatment\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Medical_Treatment\"><\/span>Medical Treatment<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Where the defendant\u2019s negligence causes an injury and the victim subsequently receives medical treatment, ordinary medical complications will not necessarily break the chain of causation. However, exceptionally independent or grossly abnormal medical treatment may raise a question of a new intervening act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"h-natural-events\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Natural_Events\"><\/span>Natural Events<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An extraordinary natural event may sometimes break the chain of causation. However, if the event is a foreseeable consequence of the defendant\u2019s conduct, the defendant may still be liable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-remoteness-and-nervous-shock\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remoteness_and_Nervous_Shock\"><\/span>Remoteness and Nervous Shock<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In cases involving psychiatric injury or nervous shock, the courts also consider whether the psychiatric harm was reasonably foreseeable in the circumstances. The claimant must generally establish the required legal relationship and foreseeability applicable to the particular type of claim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-remoteness-and-economic-loss\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remoteness_and_Economic_Loss\"><\/span>Remoteness and Economic Loss<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Economic losses may also be too remote. The claimant must show a sufficient legal connection between the defendant\u2019s wrongful conduct and the financial loss. A defendant may not be liable for a long chain of purely financial losses that could not reasonably have been anticipated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-important-case-laws-summary-table\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Important_Case_Laws_Summary_Table\"><\/span>Important Case Laws (Summary Table)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><thead><tr><th>Case<\/th><th>Principle<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><td><em>Re Polemis (1921)<\/em><\/td><td>Direct consequence test<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>The Wagon Mound (No. 1) (1961)<\/em><\/td><td>Reasonable foreseeability is the modern test.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Smith v. Leech Brain (1962)<\/em><\/td><td>Thin skull \/ eggshell skull rule<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Hughes v. Lord Advocate (1963)<\/em><\/td><td>The exact manner of occurrence need not be foreseeable if the kind of injury is foreseeable.<\/td><\/tr><tr><td><em>Doughty v. Turner Manufacturing (1964)<\/em><\/td><td>Damage of a fundamentally different kind may be too remote.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-remoteness-of-damage-in-indian-tort-law\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remoteness_of_Damage_in_Indian_Tort_Law\"><\/span>Remoteness of Damage in Indian Tort Law<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indian courts follow the principle laid down in <em>The Waggon Mound (No. 1)<\/em>, which establishes that a defendant is liable only for damage that is a reasonably foreseeable consequence of their conduct. In <em>M. Madappa v. K. Kariappa<\/em>, the Mysore High Court adopted this reasonable foreseeability test to determine liability, while in <em>Municipal Board, Kheri v. Ram Bharosey<\/em>, the Allahabad High Court ruled that granting a licence was too remote a cause to hold the Municipal Board liable for damage caused by a third party&#8217;s flour mill vibrations. Ultimately, Indian law limits tort liability strictly to proximate and foreseeable harms, excluding consequences that are too remote or indirect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-remoteness-in-one-sentence\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Remoteness_in_One_Sentence\"><\/span>Remoteness in One Sentence<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defendant is generally liable for damage of a kind that was reasonably foreseeable, but not for damage that is too remote or of a fundamentally unforeseeable kind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"h-conclusion\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Remoteness of damage places a reasonable limit on tortious liability. The modern approach is based mainly on reasonable foreseeability rather than mere directness. The important principles are the Waggon Mound rule, the thin skull (eggshell skull) rule, and the doctrine of <em>novus actus interveniens<\/em>. Thus, the law seeks to hold a wrongdoer responsible for consequences sufficiently connected with the wrongful act, while excluding consequences that are legally too remote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-yoast-seo-related-links yoast-seo-related-links\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/the-architecture-of-justice-unpacking-the-maxim-ubi-jus-ibi-remedium-and-the-taxonomy-of-legal-redress\/\">The Architecture of Justice: Unpacking the Maxim Ubi Jus, Ibi Remedium and the Taxonomy of Legal Redress<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalserviceindia.com\/Legal-Articles\/a-case-study-of-teitiota-v-new-zealand-un-human-rights-committee-2020\/\">A Case Study of Teitiota v. 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