California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Bilyeu v. Standard Freight Lines, 182 Cal.App.2d 536, 6 Cal.Rptr. 65 (Cal. App. 1960):
The fact that the person injured, rather than a third person, motivates the intervening act does not make it an [182 Cal.App.2d 543] efficient intervening cause. Haverstick v. Southern Pac. Co., 1 Cal.App.2d 605, 611, 37 P.2d 146.
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