Proximate cause is the initial act which sets off a natural and continuous sequence of events that produces injury. In the absence of the initial act which produces injury, no injury would have ...

In his column on Construction Accident Litigation, Brian J. Shoot discusses the recent 'Biaca-Neto' case, where this was the principal issue. Should the plaintiff be permitted to recover under section ...

A central question in every tort case is what caused the injury. The question of proximate cause does not end with the inquiry of whether it is possible for a particular product or act to cause an ...

Conventional wisdom dictates that a lawyer being sued for legal malpractice in New York will rarely win a motion to dismiss based on lack of causation. Nevertheless, the case law suggests that a ...