The following excerpt is from Billiar v. Minnesota Mining and Mfg. Co., 623 F.2d 240 (2nd Cir. 1980):
Rugg v. State, 284 A.D. 179, 131 N.Y.S.2d 2, 6 (3d Dep't 1954) (emphasis added). The district judge correctly instructed the jury that proximate causation requires finding that defendant's negligence was a material and significant factor contributing to plaintiff's injury. The jury's finding of such causation was not against the weight of the evidence.
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