Definition of Legal Terms: Proximate Cause

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The term Proximate Cause means...
an injury or damage proximately caused by an act, or failure to act, whenever evidence shows that the act or omission played a substantial part in bringing or actually causing the injury or damage was a direct result or a likely result of the act or omission.

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