FL · jury_instructions
Fla. Std. Jury Instr. (Civ.) 408.4
LEGAL CAUSE
a. Legal cause generally:
Interference with [a contract] [a business relationship] is a cause of [loss] [or] [damage] if it directly and in natural and continuous sequence produces or contributes substantially to producing such [loss] [or] [damage], so that it can reasonably be said that, but for the interference with [a contract] [a business relationship], the [loss] [or] [damage] would not have occurred.
b. Concurring cause:
In order to be regarded as a legal cause of [loss] [or] [damage] interference with [a contract] [a business relationship] need not be the only cause. Interference with [a contract] [a business relationship] may be a legal cause of [loss] [or] [damage] even though it operates in combination with [the act of another] [some natural cause] [or] [some other cause], if the interference with [a contract] [a business relationship] contributes substantially to producing such [loss] [or] [damage].
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