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iii. Causation

▪ Causation, in legal terms, refers to the relationship of cause and effect

between one event or action and the result. In a personal injury case, one

must establish causation meaning that it's not enough to show that the

defendant was negligent. The negligence must be what caused the

complainant's injuries.

▪ There are two types of causation in the law

1. causation in fact,

2. causation in law