superseding cause

superseding cause

An intervening act or force that the law considers sufficient to override the cause for which the original tortfeasor was responsible, thereby exonerating that tortfeasor from liability.

¡ª Also termed sole cause. Cf. intervening cause. [Cases: Negligence 431. C.J.S. Negligence ¡ì¡ì 202, 315.]


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