Proximate cause is also sometimes referred to as which of the following?

a. actual cause

b. cause in fact

c. legal cause

d. significant cause

e. close cause

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Eileen Steele

25 March, 08:19

Proximate cause is also sometimes referred to as which of the following?

a. actual cause

b. cause in fact

c. legal cause

d. significant cause

e. close cause

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Matilda Cuevas · Answer 1

B. cause in fact

In law, a proximate cause is an event sufficiently related to an injury that the courts deem the event to be the cause of that injury. There are two types of causation in the law: cause-in-fact, and proximate (or legal) cause.

Proximate cause is also sometimes referred to as which of the following?a. actual causeb. cause in factc. legal caused. significant causee. close cause

Proximate cause is also sometimes referred to as which of the following?

a. actual cause

b. cause in fact

c. legal cause

d. significant cause

e. close cause