contributory proximate cause
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 338 U.S. 430 - Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Railway Co. · 1949Most cited · 413 citing opinions
FELA · construing 45 U.S.C. § 51 · Federal Employers' Liability Act
Congress has directed liability if the injury resulted 'in whole or in part' from defendant's negligence or its violation of the Safety Appliance Act; if the jury determines that the defendant's breach is 'a contributory proximate cause' of injury, it may find for the plaintiff.
How often courts cite the case defining “contributory proximate cause”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “contributory proximate cause” — 413 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.