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Causation ((2)Factual Causation (Must be proved that the defendant's…
Causation
(2)Factual Causation
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"But for" the defendant's actions the result would not have occurred at the time it did or in the manner it did
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(3)Legal Causation
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Thin Skull Rule
D cannot escape liability because the victim's injuries are made more serious due to personal circumstances. D must take his victim as he finds them
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Intervening Acts
Intervening acts can break the chain of causation and excuse D from liability if the intervening act is sufficiently independent of D's conduct and is sufficiently serious
Acts of a third party
Can break chain of causation if adds a "new and independent element" to the situation and makes D's actions insignificant
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Victims own act
If D causes the victim to act in a foreseeable way then any subsequent injury will be held to have been caused by D. If victim acts in an unforeseeable way, it may mean D is not liable
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