Dominant Cause

• Dominant Cause

The essential or most direct source of an accident or injury, regardless of when it occurred. In ...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• Com–Dor

• Pro-Growth Policies Are Key to Recovery ; Housing Market Will Revive When Business Does

The nation's economic distress and its housing woes are inextricably linked. The bursting of the housing bubble was one part - but only one part - of the 2008 financial crisis. As the economy continues to struggle to regain altitude and airspeed, the distress in housing is evident. Nearly 15 million mortgages are underwater (28.6 percent of all homeowners with a mortgage, according to Internet realty firm Zillow.com) with the aggregate negative equity hole in the vicinity of $700 billion. What will fix the housing market? First and foremost, it will require more rapid economic growth. Faster growth will generate job and income growth, which will, in turn, alleviate the labor market and income losses that are the dominant cause of default and foreclosure. Improved growth also will transl...

• The Washington Times
• November 23, 2011

• River Dell has Cause to Cheer ; Dominant Start Leads to First Sectional Crown in 23 Years

ORADELL This exact scene hasn't been played out at River Dell for more than 20 years. A wrestler hoisted onto his teammates' shoulders, while the rest of the team and members of the student body celebrate. The River Dell (23-3) wrestling team won its first sectional championship since 1985 on Friday night, beating Jefferson, 41-24, to capture the North 1, Group 2 title. The Golden Hawks will travel to Toms River for the State group championship on Sunday.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 17, 2008

• Human-Induced, Global-Warming Crisis Looms Ahead

A gathering storm (in the words of Winston Churchill) is on the horizon and it spells real trouble for mankind. The planet is warming and we are the dominant cause. There, I said it. I know this statement will send many into convulsive spasms. Climate change, the politically correct label for it, never fails to generate detractors. There are no shortage of deniers, contrarians, and ideologues who will argue that 1) the planet is not warming; 2) it's warming but so what; 3) it's a problem but not worth the effort and money that is required to mitigate it or; 4) global warming is caused by "natural variability" and we're helpless to do anything about it so why try.

• Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
• July 13, 2008

• CSX Transp., Inc. v. McBride, 564 U.S. (2011)

... the Act does not incorporate "proximate cause"standards developed in nonstatutory common-law ...tolook for some single, principal, dominant, 'proximate'cause of every injury"). Many used de...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• U.S. Swim Coach Says He Was Fired Unjustly, Wants His Job Back

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. | The U.S. coach who led a dominant national swim team at the 2008 Summer Games said Wednesday he had been fired without cause and he wants his old job back. Mark Schubert, a legendary figure in swimming's coaching ranks, occasionally choked back tears during a news conference Wednesday . He said he did not willingly leave his post last week as U.S. National Team head coach and general manager, which he had held for more than four years.

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• November 18, 2010

• 32 CFR 842.87 - Definitions.

...(e) Proximate cause. The dominant or primary cause involving a natural...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 32: National Defense

• Rodrigo's ninth chronicle: race, legal instrumentalism, and the rule of law.

Blacks and other minorities should take a pragmatic or instrumentalist approach to the rule of law, avoiding the extremes of despair or optimism. Minorities should act according to their self-interest rather than on the basis of idealism and recognize that the law, like other social institutions, may not always serve their interests. In addition, seeking a convergence of interests with the dominant group may cause minority groups to reject potential leaders who seem too radical. The pessimism of critical race theorists such as Derrick Bell helps to correct false hope, but provides too little pragmatic guidance as to what should be done.

• University of Pennsylvania Law Review
• Vol. 143 Nbr. 2, December 1994

• Gay v. Stonebridge Life Insurance Co., (1st Cir. 2011)

...head injury that caused extensive bleeding in her brain. Her body. was re... fall, as opposed to the stroke, was the 'dominant. cause' of her death.". [4]. Because the evidenc...

• Federal Circuits

• The Real Climate Catastrophe

Our planet is again warming slightly, and the weather keeps taking unexpected turns. Many scientists say this is hardly unprecedented, cause for alarm, or proof that humans are now the dominant factor in climate change. Others disagree strongly, and point to every snowstorm, hurricane, deluge or drought as proof that urgent action is needed to avoid imminent climate catastrophe. Climate change is real," say the latter. True, but it's always been real.

• The Washington Times
• November 06, 2006