If 12 accept that, then they must agree that DuPont "proximately caused" the illnesses.

Ballew sued the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) claiming damages for personal injuries, alleging that the negligence of government agents proximately caused his injuries.

While this court recognizes the legitimacy of plaintiffs' claims that they fell victim to defendants' perceived wrongdoings, proof of legal liability and proximately caused damage in excess of the $6 million amount is another matter.

To illustrate, under the general tort law of a state, a person who negligently and proximately causes harm to another is liable in damages for the amount of the damage caused.

However, the jury found that the defendants "did not proximately cause" Slee's death.

However, the jury also ruled that the defendants "did not proximately cause" Slee's death, and no monetary damages were awarded to Slee's estate.

And as appellees could not escape liability if it was foreseeable that appellant would suffer further injury, appellant was entitled to prove that appellees' conduct proximately caused her injuries, even if the parent's intervening act was the actual cause.

Judge Weinstein dismissed the Plaintiff's claims in their entirety on 6 November 2012 after concluding that "the evidence does not prove that the Bank acted with an improper state of mind or proximately caused plaintiff's injury."

For example, in a civil tort, if the jury makes the specific finding that a defendant's actions did not proximately cause the plaintiff's injury, the defendant may as a matter of law be held not liable to the plaintiff.