Under the legal principle of 'foreseeability' as it applies to an event organizer's duty of care, what is the specific consequence of failing to identify and mitigate a known, albeit rare, high-impact hazard that subsequently causes harm?

Under the legal principle of 'foreseeability,' an event organizer's 'duty of care' requires them to take reasonable steps to prevent harm that a reasonable person would anticipate. 'Foreseeability' means the ability to reasonably predict that an event or outcome might occur. An 'event organizer's duty of care' is their legal obligation to ensure the safety of attendees by anticipating and addressing potential risks. When a hazard is 'known,' meaning its potential existence and high-impact consequences are recognized, it is considered foreseeable, regardless of its rarity. The fact that a hazard is 'rare' does not negate its foreseeability if it is already identified and understood. The 'high-impact' nature of the hazard means its potential consequences are severe, which intensifies the level of care required for mitigation. 'Mitigation' refers to actions taken to reduce the severity, seriousness, or likelihood of a risk. Failing to identify and implement reasonable measures to mitigate such a known, albeit rare, high-impact hazard constitutes a 'breach' of the organizer's duty of care. The specific consequence of this breach, if it directly causes harm to an individual, is 'legal liability for negligence.' Negligence is a civil wrong that occurs when someone fails to exercise the degree of care that a reasonable person would have exercised in the same situation, resulting in injury or damage to another. To establish liability for negligence, four elements must be proven: first, that the event organizer owed a duty of care to the injured party; second, that the organizer breached that duty by failing to mitigate the known, foreseeable hazard; third, that the breach of duty was the direct and proximate cause of the harm suffered; and fourth, that the injured party suffered actual damages as a result. For example, if an event organizer is aware that a specific, rarely occurring electrical fault in their venue's main power supply could lead to a catastrophic fire (a known, rare, high-impact hazard), but they fail to conduct proper maintenance or implement emergency shutdown protocols, and such a fire subsequently causes harm, they would be held liable for negligence due to their failure to mitigate a foreseeable risk.