CT · jury_instructions
Conn. Civ. Jury Instr. 3.1-2
Proximate Cause - Multiple Causes
Under the definitions I have given you, negligent conduct can be a proximate cause of an injury
if it is not the only cause, or even the most significant cause of the injury, provided it contributes
materially to the production of the injury, and thus is a substantial factor in bringing it about.
Therefore, when a defendant's negligence combines together with one or more other causes to
produce an injury, such negligence is a proximate cause of the injury if its contribution to the
production of the injury, in comparison to all other causes, is material or substantial.
When, however, some other (cause / causes) contribute[s] so powerfully to the production of an
injury as to make the defendant's negligent contribution to the injury merely trivial or
inconsequential, the defendant's negligence must be rejected as a proximate cause of the injury,
for it has not been a substantial factor in bringing the injury about.
<Instruct jurors as to how the foregoing principles apply to the facts and issues of the case on
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- 2026-08-23
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