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Legal Cause

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In the law of torts, conduct that is a substantial factor in bringing about harm, which is synonymous with proximate cause.



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The plan, which faces a second and final vote next week, would require large supermarkets acquiring other stores to keep workers who have been employed for at least six months for a transition period of 90 days unless there is sufficient legal cause for them to be fired.
The modern court's conversion of every question into a legal cause of action is in fact unconstitutional and enervates the Constitution by eroding the barriers meant to divide and separate the three branches of government.
Many of the buyouts I've handled have been for reasons of "falling out of love" versus legal cause for contract termination.
 
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