Legal Causation

Legal causation refers to the requirement that the defendant’s actions must be a significant or direct cause of the harm or outcome in a case. It ensures there is a clear link between what the defendant did and the resulting damage, making them legally responsible. To establish this, the harm must have been a foreseeable consequence of their actions, and their conduct must have contributed substantially to the event. Essentially, it connects the dots between the defendant’s conduct and the injury, ensuring liability isn’t assigned without a genuine causal relationship.