n. the same as an "intervening cause" or "supervening cause," which is an event which occurs after the initial act leading to an accident and substantially causes the accident. The superseding cause relieves from responsibility (liability) the party whose act started the series of events which led to the accident, since the original negligence is n...
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(n) Superseding cause is the cause which occurred later which eventually lead to the accident and loss. Eg.If a person is hospitalized due to an accident, dies of a reaction to medicine by the failure to try test dose it amount to superseding cause. The real cause of accident is termed as superseding cause to make a person guilty.
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See: intervening cause
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