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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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It also documents interesting correlations and causations in subordinate performance, such as addressing sexual harassment, work discrimination, and rights of subordinates from a mid-level management position. In their sum, these explanations rely on many, at times arbitrary, causations and the overall structure is thus more complex than the celestial alternative. response are examples of the serendipitous pleasures that can be brought to the literature by classical citations, and that all orthodox medical theories on historical causations should be periodically reexamined. |
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