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Unascertainable cause

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005028

A causation problem in which two or more defendants each acted wrongfully but only one actually caused the plaintiff's harm, and it cannot be determined which. Courts often respond with the alternative liability rule, which shifts the burden to each defendant to prove that it did not cause the injury.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005028
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "A causation problem in which two or more defendants each acted wrongfully but only one actually caused the plaintiff's harm, and it cannot be determined which. Courts often respond with the alternative liability rule, which shifts the burden to each defendant to prove that it did not cause the injury.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/unascertainable-cause/"
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Record 5,139 of 5,441 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.