CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 431
Causation: Multiple Causes
A person’s negligence may combine with another factor to cause harm. If
you find that [name of defendant]’s negligence was a substantial factor in
causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm, then [name of defendant] is responsible
for the harm. [Name of defendant] cannot avoid responsibility just
because some other person, condition, or event was also a substantial
factor in causing [name of plaintiff]’s harm.
New September 2003
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2022
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07e7a38746d81d007a744d57bca30ef98bf1205509c9bc65ecdb1b57d77a37a4
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