law and insurance, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to an injury that the courts deem the event to be the cause of that injury. There...
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A proximate cause is an event which is closest to, or immediately responsible for causing, some observed result. This exists in contrast to a higher-level...
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Manner of death (redirect from Natural cause)
to the proximate cause of death, which might differ from the cause that is used to classify the manner of death. For example, the proximate cause or mechanism...
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Negligence (section Legal causation (proximate cause))
action, breach of that duty, actual and proximate cause of harm, and damages. Someone who suffers loss caused by another's negligence may be able to sue...
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Zero-sum thinking (section Proximate causes)
in terms of proximate causation, which refers to the developmental history of individuals within their own lifetime. The proximate causes of zero-sum...
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Causation (law) (redirect from Legal cause)
test. The legally liable cause is the one closest to or most proximate to the injury. This is known as the Proximate Cause rule. However, this situation...
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Damages (section Proximate cause)
that damages must be proximately caused by the wrongful conduct of the defendant. This is known as the principle of proximate cause. This principle governs...
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that cause of action. For example, for a claim of negligence, the elements are: the (existence of a) duty, breach (of that duty), proximate cause (by that...
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United States tort law (section Proximate cause)
to actual cause and proximate cause. It will be treated in its own section. A person commits a battery when he acts either intending to cause a harmful...
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Sequential hermaphroditism (section Proximate causes)
prevention have been identified in a wide variety of animals. The proximate cause of a biological event concerns the molecular and physiological mechanisms...
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