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superseding cause

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superseding cause n. the same as an "intervening cause," or "supervening cause," which is an event which occurs after the initial act leading to an accident, and substantially causes the accident. The superseding cause relieves from responsibility (liability) the party whose act started the series of events which led to the accident, since the original negligence is no longer the proximate cause. (See: intervening cause, proximate cause)


superseding cause noun annulment, break, immediate legal basis, immediate legal cause, immediate legal genesis, interceding break, nullification, obviation, ousting, overriding cause, overruling cause, preclusion, put in the place of, removal, replacement, succession, sufficient legal basis, sufficient legal cause, sufficient legal factor, sufficient legal genesis, suffiiient legel inducements, sufficient legal source, supplanttng legal cause, voidance
Associated concepts: intervening clause


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Such acts are deemed to be intervening and superseding causes of such damages.
The court said that even if the firm had negligently failed to see the return was filed on time, Kox's subsequent negligence in taking the full QTIP election, after he had left the firm, was the superseding cause of the trust's damages.
In both cases, the courts reached the conclusion that the video game and movie defendants owed no duty to the plaintiffs, the intangible ideas in movies and video games are not products, and the criminal acts of the shooters were the superseding cause of the deaths.
 
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