Proximate cause is best defined as?

• A. When what you did caused further harm
• B. A remote reason for injury
• C. The primary event causing injury
• D. A legal concept about damages

Answer: (A)

Proximate cause is the direct, legally relevant link between an action and the injury that results. It means the harm happened as a foreseeable result of what you did, and it would not have occurred but for your conduct. In practice, it’s the factor that makes you potentially liable because your actions directly contributed to the injury rather than being an unrelated or too distant factor. The idea that fits this best is when what you did caused further harm, showing a clear connection between your conduct and the resulting injury.

A remote reason for injury is too distant to establish liability, and the primary event causing injury might be the accident itself rather than your specific action. It’s more than just a vague legal notion about damages; it’s about the specific causal link between your conduct and the harm.