sole cause

The only cause that, from a legal viewpoint, produces an event or injury.

• If it comes between a defendant’s action and the event or injury at issue, it is treated as a superseding cause. [Cases: Negligence 431. C.J.S. Negligence §§ 202, 315.]

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