If causal connection between a person's act and the resulting harm to another is broken by an intervening act or event, the act or event is called:
A) proximate cause
B) unforeseen cause
C) superseding cause
D) foreseeable cause
E) none of the other choices

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A superseding cause is an intervening act or event that breaks the causal connection between a person's act and the resulting harm to another. It becomes the predominant cause of the harm and relieves the original wrongdoer of liability.

If Causal Connection Between a Person's Act and the Resulting