proximately

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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

“For example, if the plaintiffs in this case cannot recover on their excessive force claim, that will not foreclose recovery for injuries proximately caused by the warrantless entry,” Alito wrote.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2017

The school's filing also alleges that the woman's "negligence and carelessness contributed to and proximately caused the injuries and damages alleged."

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 24, 2016

It may be a ‘practical impossibility to prove that the alleged malpractice of the teacher proximately caused the learning deficiency of the plaintiff student.’

From Time • Nov. 11, 2014

Granting the hypothesis that like causes will always produce like effects, we find ourselves unable to show that the cases are exactly, or even proximately, the same.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 3, March, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various