This is an outrageous decision. Just show a material link with an event and you can be made responsible. I am guilty because I did slam the door and my scarred neighbor upstairs dropped the pot of hot tea onto her cat, scalding it…
This reminds me of the use of the coutroom argument "because of" or "if not for" used to find blame enough to claim damages.
However, in aviation one does not begin to prove negligence until considerations of design mitigation are examined such as "in spite of" which presume many of these so called minor incidents occurring over the life of the fleet and actions taken to mitigate their effects since it is impossible to eliminate all such intiating events.
Courtroom arguments have no measurable effect on aviation safety processes since their objectives are not the same.