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causation [kôsā′shən] Etymology: L, causa (in law) the existence of a reasonable connection between the misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance of the defendant and the injury or damage suffered by the plaintiff. In a lawsuit in which negligence is alleged, the harm suffered by the plaintiff must be proved to result directly from the negligence of the defendant; causation must be demonstrated. causation, n the act or agency which produces an effect. See also acausal. causation the relation of cause to effect. causation analysis comparison of the rate of occurrence of the disease in animals which were exposed to the suspected agent to the occurrence rate in animals which were not so exposed. causation Cause & effect Law & medicine 1. In the context of disability evaluation, where a particular condition might be linked to the workplace; medical definition of causation requires valid scientific proof; legal definition
requires either a probability of > 50% or that the event was more likely than not to be causative. See Pulmonary function test Malpractice The establishment of a cause-and-effect relationship between an allegedly negligent act and the purported
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A "formal causation analysis based on an application of the Hill criteria confirms that there is no causal relationship between diesel exhaust and multiple myeloma" (Wong 2003). Given that BN had "taken" grizzly bears in the past, evidence of direct harm to an individual species member was present, and thus, a tort-style causation analysis would have been proper if the conditions causing the take remained unchanged. The expert witnesses base these conclusions on their injury causation analysis and BRC in-house studies, such as McConnell's, and they point to the studies' publication by the Society of Automotive Engineers as evidence that they were subject to peer review. |
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