For example, if a doctor doesn’t monitor a baby’s heart rate and distress and this results in a birth injury, the doctor’s failure would be the proximate cause of the injury.

Kaufman, 156 A.D.3d 436, 436-37 (1st Dept. 2017) (dismissing plaintiff's claim for lack of proximate cause because plaintiff's assertion that he would have recovered the full $3 million that he ...

The proximate cause of his insomnia is poor finances, not his snoring wife. Some married women are being blackmailed due to a momentary lapse into stupidity.

In 1886, the New York Court of Appeals decided Wakeman v.Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., 101 N.Y 205 (1886).That case holds that “[o]ne who violates his contract with another is liable for all the ...

The proximate cause concept can work against you, as in the case of this man’s Range Rover, but it can also work in your favor. Three examples: Many people do not carry fire coverage on their auto ...

Yesterday’s argument in County of Los Angeles v.Mendez was, in a word, unsatisfying. The question of governmental liability for a law enforcement shooting of innocent individuals is extremely ...

Proximate Cause. Jul. 21, 2018 6:01 AM ET 1 Comment. S&P Dow Jones Indices. ... 2018), their selling may well cause the market's decline to be greater than it otherwise would have been.

The proximate cause of the accident was the detachment of the steering wheel guide of the jeep. Hence reliance on Art. 219, of the Family Code is unfounded. Further, ...