CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 430
Causation: Substantial Factor
A substantial factor in causing harm is a factor that a reasonable person
would consider to have contributed to the harm. It must be more than a
remote or trivial factor. It does not have to be the only cause of the
harm.
[Conduct is not a substantial factor in causing harm if the same harm
would have occurred without that conduct.]
New September 2003; Revised October 2004, June 2005, December 2005, December
2007, May 2018, May 2020, November 2020
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- 2026-08-20
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- caci-2020
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