Proximate cause is a necessary element in tort law, but also applies to claims of breach of commercial contract. In a recent decision by Justice Barry R. Ostrager in MUFG Union Bank, N.A. v. Axos Bank ...

One of the oldest debates in American jurisprudence concerns the concept of "proximate cause." According to so-called formalists, the legal concept of proximate cause is the same as the ordinary ...

Ethan Leib, Professor at Fordham Law School, argues that that New York courts mistakenly apply the tort concept of “proximate cause” to contract law and calls upon the New York Court of Appeals to ...

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Property insurance policies are complex legal contracts. That’s because the insurance industry has its own language and processes that can be subject to multiple interpretations. One of the terms that ...

Kyler Sherman-Wilkins, Ph.D. With the recent school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, in which at least 19 children and two teachers were massacred, American exceptionalism is again on full display. As of ...