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"Causation is an important issue in many cases in a variety of fields of law and has been so for centuries. Yet it continues to confuse lawyers, in part because of a proliferation of unhelpful terminology . . . ."

"Causation is an important issue in many cases in a variety of fields of law and has been so for centuries. Yet it continues to confuse lawyers, in part because of a proliferation of unhelpful terminology (for which we judges must accept a good deal of the blame)." So writes Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner in an interesting decision that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued today.

Coincidentally, the issue of "proximate cause" is very much on my mind today, as that's the central issue in the appeal in which I'm filing the Reply Brief for Appellant today in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Full post as published by How Appealing on January 14, 2010 (boomark / email).