Dereliction of duty is the continuous sequence of events, unbroken by any intervening cause, that produces an injury and without which the injury would not have occurred.

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Dereliction of duty refers to a failure to fulfill one's obligations or duties, not the sequence of events leading to an injury. The term you're describing is "proximate cause."

Dereliction of Duty Is the Continuous Sequence of Events, Unbroken