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The test of reasonable foresight in determining the remoteness of damages was first applied in which of the following case? 

Option: 1

Re: Polerris


Option: 2

Wagon Mannd case


Option: 3

Doughty vs. Turner Manufacturing Co. Ltd


Option: 4

S. C. M. (United Kingdom) Ltd. vs. W. J. Whittal & Sons


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The test of reasonable foresight means that the liability of the defendant extends only to those consequences, which could have been foreseen by a reasonable man. This theory was rejected in 1921, and the second theory was applied in re Polemis and Furnace Ltd case.Hence the correct option is a. 

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Sumit Saini

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