probable consequences

probable consequences
Those consequences which are more likely than not to follow the use of a given means. Western Commercial Travelers' Asso. v Smith (CA8 Mo) 85 F 401. A result which, when viewed in retrospect, appears to be the reasonable rather than the extraordinary consequences of a wrong. Brown v Rhoades, 126 Me 186, 137 A 58, 53 ALR 834. Those consequences which a person of average competence and knowledge being in the situation of a person whose conduct is in question, and having the same opportunities of observation, might be expected to foresee as likely to follow such conduct. 38 Am J1st Negl § 57.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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