DEPENDENT INTERVENING CAUSE
dependent intervening cause.A cause of an accident or injury that occurs between the
defendant’s behavior and the injurious result, but that does not change the defendant’s liability. See
intervening cause under CAUSE(1). [Cases: Criminal Law 31; Negligence 431. C.J.S.
Criminal Law §§ 15, 46–49, 88, 93–94; Negligence §§ 202, 315.] [Blacks Law 8th]