What is the test for determining whether a motor vehicle accident is a proximate concurring cause for which liability may be imposed?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Di Muro v. Masterson Trusafe Steel Scaffold Co., 14 Cal.Rptr. 551, 193 Cal.App.2d 784 (Cal. App. 1961):
If the original negligence continues to the time of the injury and contributes substantially thereto in conjunction with the intervening act, each may be a proximate concurring cause for which liability may be imposed. Gibson v. Garcia, 96 Cal.App.2d 681, 684, 216 P.2d 119.
[193 Cal.App.2d 794] The applicable principles are stated in Ferroggiaro v. Bowline, 153 Cal.App.2d 759, at pages 763, 764, 315 P.2d 446, 448, 64 A.L.R.2d 1355:
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