Related to Intervening cause:Superseding cause neg·li·gence (nĕg′lĭ-jəns) n. 1.The state or quality of being negligent. 2.A negligent act or a failure to act. 3.Law a.Failure to use the degree of care appropriate to the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to ...
Related to Intervening Cause: Superseding causeIntervening Cause A separate act or omission that breaks the direct connection between the defendant's actions and an injury or loss to another person, and may relieve the defendant of liability for the injury or loss. Civil and criminal defendants ...
The Law of Intervening Causationdoi:10.5235/096157610792240759MarkSchoolLunneySchoolingentaconnectKings Law Journal
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(redirected from Superseding intervening cause) Intervening Cause A separate act or omission that breaks the direct connection between the defendant's actions and an injury or loss to another person, and may relieve the defendant of liability for the injury or loss. Civil and criminal defendants...
This normative and metaphysical analysis is used as the springboard from which to critique much of what the law currently says about causation, including the law's counterfactual test for cause in fact, its notions of intervening cause, foreseeability, harm within the risk, accomplice liability, ...
Intervening Cause A separate act or omission that breaks the direct connection between the defendant's actions and an injury or loss to another person, and may relieve the defendant of liability for the injury or loss. Civil and criminal defendants alike may invoke the intervening cause doctrine ...
Intervening Cause A separate act or omission that breaks the direct connection between the defendant's actions and an injury or loss to another person, and may relieve the defendant of liability for the injury or loss. Civil and criminal defendants alike may invoke the intervening cause doctrine ...