In the law, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to a legally recongizable injury to be held the cause of that injury. There are two elements needed to determine proximate cause: the activity must produce a foreseeable risk, and the injury must be caused directly by the defendent's negligence. |
In the law, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to a legally recognizable injury to be held the cause of that injury. There are two elements needed to determine proximate cause: the activity must produce a foreseeable risk, and the injury must be caused directly by the defendent's negligence. |
For the notion of proximate cause in philosophy, see [proximate causation]?.