proximately

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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

In allowing the case against Rittenhouse and the others to proceed, the judge said that Anthony Huber’s death “could plausibly be regarded as having been proximately caused by the actions of the governmental defendants.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 1, 2023

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

It may be concluded that the present physiography of the land is proximately due solely to the action of the denuding agents—rain, frost, rivers, and the sea.

From Geology by Geikie, James