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]