CA · jury_instructions
CALCRIM No. 240
Causation
An act [or omission] causes (injury/ <insert other
description>) if the (injury/ <insert other description>) is the
direct, natural, and probable consequence of the act [or omission] and
the (injury/ <insert other description>) would not have
happened without the act [or omission]. A natural and probable
consequence is one that a reasonable person would know is likely to
happen if nothing unusual intervenes. In deciding whether a consequence
is natural and probable, consider all the circumstances established by the
evidence.
<Give if multiple potential causes.>
[There may be more than one cause of (injury/ <insert
other description>). An act [or omission] causes (injury/
<insert other description>), only if it is a substantial factor in causing the
(injury/ <insert other description>). A substantial factor is
more than a trivial or remote factor. However, it does not have to be the
only factor that causes the (injury/ <insert other
description>).]
New January 2006; Revised February 2012, March 2024*
* Denotes changes only to bench notes and other commentaries.
Provenance
- Source
- courts.ca.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-08-20
- Edition
- calcrim-2024
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