CA · jury_instructions
CACI No. 435
Causation for Asbestos-Related Cancer Claims
A substantial factor in causing harm is a factor that a reasonable person
would consider to have contributed to the harm. It does not have to be
the only cause of the harm.
[Name of plaintiff] may prove that exposure to asbestos from [name of
defendant]’s [product/ [,/or] activities/ [,/or] property/ [,/or] operations]
was a substantial factor causing [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun/[name of
decedent]’s] illness by showing, through expert testimony, that there is a
reasonable medical probability that the exposure was a substantial factor
contributing to [his/her/ nonbinary pronoun] risk of developing cancer.
New September 2003; Revised December 2007, May 2018, November 2018, May
2020, November 2020
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- caci-2025
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638102921fa78d70fa26a8ead67d558f13bf288b30af662ab9833a65e2123383
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