Proximate Cause
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Meaning of Proximate Cause
In the law of negligence , the phrase has received varying interpretations, but the frequently quoted definition is that the proximate cause of an injury is that cause which, in natural and continuous sequence, unbroken by any efficient, intervening cause produces the injury, and without which the result would not have occurred. See, e.g., Texas & P. Co. v Guidry, (Tex.Civ.App.)9 S. W.2d284, aff.d 280 U.S. 531, 50 S.Ct. 159, 74 L.Ed. 596. The term encompasses the considerations that limit legal liability after cause is in fact established. Palsgraf v Long Island Railroad Co., 248 N. Y. 339, 162 N.E. 99. The primary moving cause or the predominating cause from which the injury follows as a natural direct and immediate consequence. Maryland Steel Co. v Marney, 88 Md. 482, 42 A. 60. That cause without which the injury or the accident could not have happened. Daly v Illinois Cent. R. Co., 248 Iowa 758, 80 N. W.2d 335.
Proximate Cause Alternative Definition
That which, In a natural and continuous sequence, unbrbken by a new cause, produced an event, and without which that event would not have occurred. Shear. & R. Neg. § 261.
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Meaning of Proximate Cause in the U.S. Legal System
Definition of Proximate Cause published by the National Association for Court Management: The act that caused an event to occur. A person generally is liable only if an injury was proximately caused by his or her action or by his or her failure to act when he or she had a duty to act.
Concept of Proximate Cause in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Proximate Cause: The direct cause, the result of which is foreseeable. Example: A cow kicks over a lantern and a major city burns to the ground. The act of the cow would be the actual cause but not the proximate (foreseeable) cause.
Concept of Proximate Cause in the context of Real Property
A short definition of Proximate Cause: The direct cause, the result of which is foreseeable. Example: A cow kicks over a lantern and a major city burns to the ground. The act of the cow would be the actual cause but not the proximate (foreseeable) cause.