DEPENDENT INTERVENING CAUSE

DEPENDENT INTERVENING CAUSE dependent intervening cause. A cause of an accident or injury that occurs between the defendant’s behavior and the injurious result, but that does not change the defendant’s liability. See intervening cause under CAUSE(1). [Cases: Criminal Law 31; Negligence 431. C.J.S. Criminal Law ¡ì¡ì 15, 46¨C49, 88, 93¨C94; Negligence ¡ì¡ì 202, 315.] How […]

DEPENDENT INTERVENING CAUSE Read More »