When will a corrections officer be held legally responsible for injuries sustained by an inmate?

Once it is established that the defendant's conduct has in fact been one of the causes of the plaintiff's injury, there remains the question whether the defendant should be legally responsible for the injury. Id. at 1100 (quoting White v. Roper, 901 F.2d 1501, 1506 (9th Cir.1990) ). A corrections officer will be held legally responsible for an inmate's injuries if the officer's actions are a moving force behind a series of events that ultimately lead to a foreseeable harm, even if other intervening causes contributed to the harm. Id. at 1101. If reasonable persons could differ over the question of foreseeability, that issue should be left to the jury. Id.