Scirex Corporation v. Federal Insurance Company’s Empirical Analysis

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9 federal appellate · 5 district · 3 state decisions

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1. ““[D]irect cause” or “immediate cause” is a nebulous and largely indeterminate concept, and one that does not enjoy favor under Pennsylvania law. As we have suggested, Pennsylvania, consistent with general notions of proximate causation, requires that plaintiffs in negligence cases show substantiality, rather than immediacy, in order to demonstrate proximate cause.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Frontline Processing Corp. v. American Economy Insurance

2. “[T]he accepted purpose of defining `an occurrence or event' is to limit liability, and in the insurance industry `occurrence' is commonly understood to mean all loss caused by a single act or related events.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Treesdale, Inc.