Proximate cause refers to the legal concept that the defendant's actions are closely enough related to the plaintiff's injury to be held legally responsible. It is about the foreseeability of the harm as a consequence of the defendant's actions, which is best described in option A.

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Proximate Cause Is

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Proximate cause is

A) the zone within which the plaintiff's injury was reasonably foreseeable as a consequence of the defendant's behavior.
B) the chain of events linking the tortfeasor's conduct to the victim's injury.
C) unforeseeable harm.
D) All of these choices.

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