n. a happening which results in an event, particularly injury due to negligence or an intentional wrongful act. In order to prevail (win) in a lawsuit for damages due to negligence or some other wrong, it is essential to claim (plead) proximate cause in the complaint and to prove in trial that the negligent act of the defendant was the proximate ca...
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In the law, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to a legally recognizable injury to be held to be the cause of that injury. There are two types of causation in the law: cause-in-fact, and proximate (or legal) cause. Cause-in-fact is determined by the `but for` test: But for the action, the result would not have happened. For examp.....
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The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his/her action or by his/her failure to act when he/she had a duty to act.
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(from the article `mechanics`) ...they sought their natural place. Smoke would rise through air, and bubbles through water for the same reason. These were natural motions. All ...
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The immediate cause that precipitates a condition. ... (05 Mar 2000) ...
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It refers to the act which when performed leads to the injury almost consequently but in form of natural, undependable or uniterrupted form resulting from that act.It means that if that act was not performed, the injury would not have occurred.
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. the immediate cause that precipitates a condition.
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See: direct and proximate cause
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Act legally sufficient to result in liability. Act without which an action could not have occurred. Differs from immediate cause.
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