"But-For" test crim law - causation
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2011 4:43 pm
what "but-for" someones actions, the result might have still occurred?
Uhh, hard to understand, but maybe this will help:IHaveLawyers wrote:what "but-for" someones actions, the result might have still occurred?
a. “But for” test fails to exclude remote candidates for legal responsibility
b. Issues of proximate causation generally arise when an intervening force exists, i.e., when some but-for causal agent comes into play after the defendant’s voluntary act or omission and before the social harm occurs.
(i) Three types of intervening causes:
1. Act of God
2. Act of an independent third party, which accelerates or aggravates the harm caused by the defendant, or which causes it to occur in an unexpected manner
3. Act or omission of the victim that assists in bringing about the outcome.