proximately
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The damage “was proximately and substantially caused by the actions of Defendants ... and each of them ... caused Plaintiffs’ damages,” the complaint said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 23, 2025
The judge said in that case that Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 23, 2023
Mandated reporters who fail in their duty are guilty of a misdemeanor and are “civilly liable for the damages proximately caused by such failure,” state law says.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 3, 2023
Without ruling on the merits, Davis said the allegations permitted "reasonable" inferences that Fox Corp acted with malice and proximately caused Dominion's alleged damages.
From Reuters ● Jun. 21, 2022
These means may be more proximate or more remote means, but they are invariably given either proximately or remotely along with and in the fact.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
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