Efficient Cause

AuthorJeffrey Lehman, Shirelle Phelps

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That which actually precipitates an accident or injury.

The term efficient cause is frequently used interchangeably with proximate cause—the immediate act in the production of a particular effect—or the cause that sets the others in operation.

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