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Types of Causation and How They Impact Personal Injury Claims

In personal injury law, causation is the connection between someone's actions and the harm that happened because of them. It ...

Difference Between Factual, Proximal Causation Leads to Overturned $7.5M Med-Mal Verdict

"[The plaintiff's] theory of causation was, if he'd have been at the hospital, he wouldn't have had the chance to be hit by a ...
Law

The Causation Defense as a Matter of Law

The trial and appellate courts recognize that the causation element is vital to the plaintiff's prima facie case, and that without both factual and expert support for the causal link, there is no ...
The National Law Review

First Circuit Adopts But-For Causation Standard for Kickback-Premised False Claims Act Actions

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JSTOR Daily

SCIENCE/LAW INTERACTIONS AND THE PROBLEM OF CAUSATION

Energy & Environment, Vol. 11, No. 2, SPECIAL ISSUE: LOW LEVEL RADIATION, NUCLEAR POWER AND THE LAW (2000), pp. 207-216 (10 pages) Traditionally tort (personal injury) cases have been regarded as ...
The National Law Review

Courts Continue to Grapple with the Causation Standard for False Claims Act Suits Based on Alleged Kickback Schemes, While the Supreme Court Stays on the Sidelines

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Canadian Lawyer Magazine

Causation on trial

Richard Halpern wrote his paper, "Causation on trial - A call for change in how we think about causation in Tort,” to clear up confusion around a difficult concept and also dispel the notion that ...