causation analysis

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 injuries. See Malpractice, Negligence.

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acausal
autopathy
causal factor
cementopathia
congenital
enlargement
Epidemiologic Triad
etio-
etiology
F. nucleatum
factual causation
fever treatment 1
linear causation
medical malpractice
milking
multifactorial
multifactorial inheritance
multiple fission
Neo-Freudian

Contributing or concurrent causes, in other words, confound the causation analysis in occurrence determinations.

The law of describing accidents: a new proposal for determining the ... by Murray, Michael / Yale Law Journal

The holding conflicts with a decision last year by the Fifth Circuit that, like the Louisiana appellate court, also applied a causation analysis to determine if the VPL applied to a homeowners' policy.

Louisiana Supreme Court sides with insurer in flood loss case by Walters, Cecily / Trial

The court found that the plaintiffs' expert evidence was insufficient to support a traditional proximate causation analysis, that but for defendants' negligence Turner would have been cured.

Failure to inform of need for PSA: $2 million verdict reversed! by Tammelleo, A. David / Medical Law's Regan Report

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