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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Causation... Once negligent conduct is shown(a breach of the standard of care owed a foreseeable plaintiff), the plaintiff must still show that the conduct was the cause of this injury. For liability to be present, plaintiff must show both actual cause and proximate cause.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - actual%20cause

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Actual : something real, or actually existing, as opposed to something merely possible, presumptive, implied, or constructive.  3, fiche 1, Anglais, - actual%20cause

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

cause réelle : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, fiche 1, Français, - cause%20r%C3%A9elle

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Doctors will not be held responsible for unforeseeable accidents that occur in the normal course of medical treatment. This "reasonable foreseeability test" is used for determining proximate cause in malpractice suits. The court will consider whether a reasonable person should have anticipated that the consequences might be a natural result of that act or omission to act...  1, fiche 2, Anglais, - natural%20result

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The principle that causation exists when the defendant’s conduct is an important or significant contributor to the plaintiff’s injuries.  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - substantial%2Dfactor%20test

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

"The substantial factor test for determining proximate cause was incorporated into the Restatement(Second) of Torts... which in turn has been adopted in Pennsylvania. "The trial courts dictionary definition of "substantial" is incorrect. As recognized in case law, it means significant or recognizable, and it need not be quantified as considerable or large.  3, fiche 3, Anglais, - substantial%2Dfactor%20test

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Espagnol