# Superseding Intervening Cause

**IRI:** https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RBwKwSFW3uE61bNkjKnjUnU

## Labels

**Translations:**

- de-de: Übergeordneter Eingriffsgrund
- en-gb: Superseding Intervening Cause
- es-es: Causa Interviniente Sustitutiva
- es-mx: Causa Interviniente Sustitutiva
- fr-fr: Cause intermédiaire supplantée
- he-il: גורם מתערב חלופי
- hi-in: सुपरसीडिंग अंतर्वर्ती कारण
- ja-jp: 優先介入原因
- pt-br: Causa Interveniente Suplantadora
- zh-cn: 代替干预原因

## Definition

An intervening cause that breaks the chain of causation and relieves the defendant of liability, but only if it is unforeseeable and supersedes the defendant's original act or omission.

## Sub Class Of

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCzs34uEQI9f4cuWp3bQO0P

## See Also

- https://folio.openlegalstandard.org/RCfunX4u69LUQ3gbhckE0oI

**Deprecated:** False