Can a jury find a defendant's failure to control his vehicle was a concurrent cause of accident in a motor vehicle accident?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Calvert v. Katy Taxi, Inc., 413 F.2d 841 (2nd Cir. 1969):

9 Accord, Shaw v. Lewis, 55 Misc.2d 664, 286 N.Y.S.2d 758 (Civil Ct.N.Y.1968) (jury could find defendant's failure to control his vehicle was at least a concurrent cause of accident).

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