chance of survival doctrine

chance-of-survival doctrine. The principle that a wrongful-death plaintiff need only prove that the defendant’s conduct was a substantial factor in causing the death — that is, that the victim might have survived but for the defendant’s conduct. [Cases: Death 17. C.J.S. Death §§ 41–42.]

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