What is the test for determining whether a defendant is liable for the death of a plaintiff in a motor vehicle accident?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Gonzalez v. Derrington, 10 Cal.Rptr. 700 (Cal. App. 1961):
It is not necessary that the negligence of the defendants herein be the sole cause of the deaths and injuries of plaintiffs. Liability may be imposed upon a defendant where his negligence is one of several contributing factors, each of which is a proximate cause of the injury. Westover v. City of Los Angeles, 20 Cal.2d 635, 639, 128 P.2d 350; Johnson v. Nicholson, supra, 159 Cal.App.2d 395, 408-409, 324 P.2d 307.
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