With no explanation, chose the best option from "A", "B", "C" or "D". used the word “cause” in the assault-fear provision, but chose the word “infliction” for the assault-harm provision. Minn. Stat. § 609.02, subd. 10 (defining assault-fear as “an act done with intent to cause fear,” and assault-harm as “the intentional infliction of’ bodily harm (emphasis added)). Dorn argues that “inflict” is a stricter standard than “cause” and requires direct, not just proximate or “substantial factor,” causation. See State v. Gatson, 801 N.W.2d 134, 146 (Minn. 2011) (explaining that under a homicide statute in which the word “cause” is used, the State need only prove that the defendant’s acts were a “ ‘substantial causal factor’ leading to the death”) (quoting State v. Olson, 435 N.W.2d 530, 534 (Minn. 1989)); see also Olson, 435 N.W.2d 1269 (9th Cir. 1997) (<HOLDING>). Assuming without deciding that an

A: holding that the injury was inflicted by the defendant when it occurred while the defendant applied force directly to the victims person
B: holding that the injury was inflicted by the defendant when it occurred as a result of the defendants combative conduct
C: recognizing that the assessment of victim injury points depends on whether the victims injury was a direct result of the defendants crimes
D: holding that a plaintiff may recover damages for emotional distress caused by observing the negligently inflicted injury of a third person if but only if said plaintiff 1 is closely related to the injury victim 2 is present at the scene of the injury producing event at the time it occurs and is then aware that it is causing injury to the victim and 3 as a result suffers serious emotional distress
B.