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Co., 65 8. C. 1, 48 S. BE

Categories: Torts

Definition (1910 Edition)

307; Murphy v. Hobbs, 7 Colo. 541, 5 Pac. 119, 49 Am. Rep Proximate and remote. Proximate damages are the immediate and direct damages and natural results of the act complained of, and such as are usual and might have been expected. Remote damages are those attributable im- 7 to an intervening cause, though it forms a link in an unbroken chain of causation, so that the remote damage would not have occurred if its elements had not been set in motion by the original act or event. Henry v.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.