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Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
Rule Set 13 - Uniform Jury Instructions — Civil - cited by 588 documents
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13-306. Independent intervening cause.
An independent intervening cause interrupts and turns aside a course of events and produces that which was not foreseeable as a result of an earlier act or omission.
USE NOTE
This instruction is to be used when the evidence presents an issue with regard to an independent intervening cause. This instruction deals with the issue of causation and is a companion instruction to UJI 13-305 NMRA.
[As amended, effective January 1, 1987; as amended by Supreme Court Order No. 08-8300-061, effective February 2, 2009.]
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