Proximity cause in Insurance.

Definition of Proximate Cause: A proximate cause is the first event in a chain of events that gives rise to a claim. There are two elements required to determine proximate cause: 1) the activity must produce a foreseeable risk 2) the injury must be caused directly by the defendant's negligence Example: If a car is driving along and swerves to prevent itself hitting a dog and that then causes damage to a lamp post and five other …

…one is covered and the other is excluded, the whole loss is covered Conclusion In spite of the difficulty of forecasting how a court might interpret the proximate cause doctrine in the light of a given set of facts, understanding the requirement of proximate cause is important to insurance policy coverage analysis. An insured event must not only involve a covered cause; a covered cause must also be the proximate cause of a covered consequence.