M Civ JI 25.02 More Than One Proximate Cause - Warranty

There may be more than one proximate cause. A cause may be proximate although it and another cause act at the same time or in combination to produce the occurrence. To be a proximate cause, the claimed [ failure / failures ] of the [ product / products ] to meet the warranty need not be the only cause nor the last cause.

Note on Use

This instruction should be given as an introduction to M Civ JI 25.03 or M Civ JI 25.04, as appropriate, when there is an issue whether the breach of warranty by each defendant was a proximate cause or where there is evidence that acts of a person not a party or an outside force constituted a proximate cause of the injury or damages suffered by plaintiff.