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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An efficient intervening cause is a new, independent force intervening between the defendant's negligent act and the plaintiff's injury by the negligence of a third person who had full control of the situation, whose negligence the defendant could not anticipate or contemplate, and whose negligence resulted directly in the plaintiff's injury.  2, record 1, English, - efficient%20intervening%20cause

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

An event that comes between the initial event in a sequence and the end result, thereby altering the natural course of events that might have connected a wrongful act to an injury.  1, record 2, English, - independent%20intervening%20cause

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Wilson J. gave judgment for the plaintiff, rejecting the contention of the defendants that the meddling with the tanks constituted an intervening act which broke the chain of causation.... he stated :"If what is relied upon as novus actus interveniens is the very kind of thing which is likely to happen if the want of care which is alleged takes place, the principle embodied in the maxim is no defence... "... Mr. Justice Wilson found that the intervention was not a "fresh, independent cause" of the damage and that "... the person guilty of the original negligence will still be the effective cause if he ought reasonably to have anticipated such interventions... "  1, record 3, English, - independent%20cause

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le juge Wilson a accueilli la demande, rejetant l'argument de la défenderesse selon laquelle la manipulation des bonbonnes durant la nuit constituait une intervention d'un tiers, qui avait rompu la chaîne causale. (...) le juge Wilson a déclaré ce qui suit : "Si le fait que l'on invoque à titre de novus actus interveniens est le type même d'incident qui est susceptible de survenir si le défendeur fait preuve de l'imprudence reprochée, le principe sous-jacent à cette maxime ne trouve pas son application..." (...) le juge Wilson a conclu que l'intervention en question ne constituait pas une "cause nouvelle, indépendante" du dommage et que "... celui-ci sera imputé à la personne responsable de la négligence initiale, s'il est démontré qu'elle pouvait raisonnablement prévoir ces interventions..."  2, record 3, French, - cause%20ind%C3%A9pendante

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Wilson J. gave judgment for the plaintiff, rejecting the contention of the defendants that the meddling with the tanks constituted an intervening act which broke the chain of causation.... he stated :"If what is relied upon as novus actus interveniens is the very kind of thing which is likely to happen if the want of care which is alleged takes place, the principle embodied in the maxim is no defence... "... Mr. Justice Wilson found that the intervention was not a "fresh, independent cause" of the damage and that "... the person guilty of the original negligence will still be the effective cause if he ought reasonably to have anticipated such interventions... "  1, record 4, English, - fresh%20cause

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le juge Wilson a accueilli la demande, rejetant l'argument de la défenderesse selon laquelle la manipulation des bonbonnes durant la nuit constituait une intervention d'un tiers, qui avait rompu la chaîne causale. [...] le juge Wilson a déclaré ce qui suit : «Si le fait que l'on invoque à titre de novus actus interveniens est le type même d'incident qui est susceptible de survenir si le défendeur fait preuve de l'imprudence reprochée, le principe sous-jacent à cette maxime ne trouve pas son application ...» [...] le juge Wilson a conclu que l'intervention en question ne constituait pas une «cause nouvelle, indépendante» du dommage et que «... celui-ci sera imputé à la personne responsable de la négligence initiale, s'il est démontré qu'elle pouvait raisonnablement prévoir ces interventions ...»  2, record 4, French, - cause%20nouvelle

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish