Questão jurídica principal
Whether the January 1994 assault was in adequate causal connection with the farmer's right and left shoulder injuries.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The assault was apt to cause the initial trauma, the later fall from the ladder and the overuse of the left side were objectively foreseeable consequences, and any concurrent fault by the victim did not break the chain.
Fundamentação extraída
Adequate causation is assessed by an objective retrospective prognosis. The ladder fall and compensatory overuse of the left arm remained within the range of ordinary life experience and did not constitute an extraordinary intervening cause.