WPI 155.06.03 Proximate Cause—Rejected Claim—Alternative
6A WAPRAC WPI 155.06.03Washington Practice Series TMWashington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
6A Wash. Prac., Wash. Pattern Jury Instr. Civ. WPI 155.06.03 (7th ed.)
Washington Practice Series TM
Washington Pattern Jury Instructions--Civil
April 2022 Update
Part XI. Workers' Compensation
Chapter 155. Workers' Compensation
WPI 155.06.03 Proximate Cause—Rejected Claim—Alternative
A cause of a [condition] [disability] [death] is a proximate cause if it is related to the [condition] [disability] [death] in two ways: (1) the cause produced the [condition] [disability] [death] in a direct sequence [unbroken by any new, independent cause], and (2) the [condition] [disability] [death] would not have happened in the absence of the cause.
[There may be one or more proximate causes of a [condition] [disability] [death]. For a worker to be entitled to benefits under the Industrial Insurance Act, the [work conditions] [incident] must be a proximate cause of the alleged [condition] [disability] [death] for which entitlement to benefits is sought. The law does not require that the [work conditions] [incident] be the sole proximate cause of such [condition] [disability] [death].]
NOTE ON USE
This instruction is an alternative to the traditional definition of proximate cause found in WPI 155.06.01 (Proximate Cause—Rejected Claim). For directions on using this instruction, see the Note on Use and Comment to WPI 155.06.01 (Proximate Cause—Rejected Claim).
COMMENT
This instruction is an alternative version of WPI 155.06.01 (Proximate Cause—Rejected Claim) in the same manner that WPI 15.01.01 (Proximate Cause—Definition—Alternative) is an alternative version of WPI 15.01 (Proximate Cause—Definition). For an explanation of the derivation of the language in this instruction's first paragraph, see the Comment to WPI 15.01.01 (Proximate Cause—Definition—Alternative).
[Current as of October 2021.]
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