NC · jury_instructions
N.C.P.I.—Civil 102.19
PROXIMATE CAUSE-DEFINITION; MULTIPLE CAUSES.
The plaintiff not only has the burden of proving negligence, but also
that such negligence was a proximate cause2 of the [injury] [damage].
Proximate cause is a cause which in a natural and continuous
sequence produces a person's [injury] [damage], and is a cause which a
reasonable and prudent person could have foreseen3 would probably
produce such [injury] [damage] or some similar injurious result.4
There may be more than one proximate cause of [an injury]
[damage]. Therefore, the plaintiff need not prove that the defendant's
negligence was the sole proximate cause of the [injury] [damage]. The
plaintiff must prove, by the greater weight of the evidence, only that the
defendant's negligence was a proximate cause.
History
N.C.P.I.—Civil 102.19 (June 2009). Prepared by the North Carolina Conference of Superior Court Judges' Committee on Pattern Jury Instructions, assisted by the UNC School of Government; published by the School of Government.
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- 2026-09-24
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- 2026-09-24
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