Year:
2015
Court:
California Court of Appeal, Fifth District
Case Number:
F069953
Issue:
- Causation
- Jury Instructions
State:
- California
California is among a minority of states that recognize the Efficient Proximate Cause (“EPC”) doctrine. Under the EPC, when multiple perils combine to cause loss of damage to an insured property, even if one cause is excluded, if the efficient proximate cause (the most important/predominant…