proximately

Example Sentences

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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

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

In the proposed deal, known as a “stipulation,” Boeing admits “liability for the compensatory damages proximately caused by the ET 302 accident,” in which 157 people died in March 2019.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 9, 2021

He may rely upon contributory negligence, and show that the servant was himself negligent, and that, notwithstanding the negligence of the master, the injury was proximately caused by the negligence of the servant.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various