In law, the immediate and not the remote cause is looked at.

Explanation

The law fixes responsibility on the proximate cause — the nearest link in the chain — not on speculative or distant origins.

Where this applies

• They're blaming something that happened long before the injury as the real cause.
• The law looks at the immediate cause, not some remote event in the distant past.
• Proximate cause, not speculative distant origins, determines liability.

See also

• 12.2.1 The cause of a cause is the cause of the thing caused.
• 12.2.5 Things are construed according to what was the cause of them.