a happening which results in an event, particularly injury due to negligence or
an intentional wrongful act. In order to prevail (win) in a lawsuit for damages
due to negligence or some other wrong, it is essential to claim (plead) proximate
cause in the complaint and to prove in trial that the negligent act of the defendant
was the proximate cause (and not some other reason) of the damages to the plaintiff
(person filing the lawsuit). Sometimes there is an intervening cause which comes
between the original negligence of the defendant and the injured plaintiff, which
will either reduce the amount of responsibility or, if this intervening cause is
the substantial reason for the injury, then the defendant will not be liable at
all. In criminal law, the defendant's act must have been the proximate cause of
the death of a victim to prove murder or manslaughter.
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