Proximate cause, or legal cause, is an underlying cause of an accident. For example, if a truck driver swerves and hits a car, the driver is the actual cause of the accident.

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 ...

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

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.

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 ...

However, the cause of death from the DA differed from the medical examiner. Poolaw was between 15 and 17 weeks pregnant when she suffered a miscarriage on January 4, 2020, according to the medical ...

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 ...