What is the test for determining whether a motorcyclist was injured in a motor vehicle accident?

We recognize that the issue of proximate causation raises similar factual questions to those that the jury must decide under the natural and probable consequences doctrine. "In general, '[p]roximate cause is clearly established where the act is directly connected with the resulting injury, with no intervening force operating.' " (People v. Cervantes (2001) 26 Cal.4th 860, 866 (Cervantes).)¹³ "The critical factor in determining the

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