Chris Liss on Nostr: ha -- went to law school, yes, a long time ago. Don’t know about specific laws for ...
ha -- went to law school, yes, a long time ago.
Don’t know about specific laws for civil damages resulting from the commission of a crime, but there is something called “felony murder” in NY wherein if you’re robbing someone (a felony) and your friend kills him in the course of the scuffle, you could be charged with murder even though you didn’t kill him because your intent to commit the felony supplies the missing “intent” piece for the murder if the murder happens in the course of it.
“But for” and “proximate” cause are also legal concepts, but a bit different. Proximate means close to the result, foreseeable by a reasonable person. "But for” just means what you’d think — “wouldn’t have happened unless”. Often “but for” is too remote to hold someone liable, so you need to show the proximate piece.
Don’t know about specific laws for civil damages resulting from the commission of a crime, but there is something called “felony murder” in NY wherein if you’re robbing someone (a felony) and your friend kills him in the course of the scuffle, you could be charged with murder even though you didn’t kill him because your intent to commit the felony supplies the missing “intent” piece for the murder if the murder happens in the course of it.
“But for” and “proximate” cause are also legal concepts, but a bit different. Proximate means close to the result, foreseeable by a reasonable person. "But for” just means what you’d think — “wouldn’t have happened unless”. Often “but for” is too remote to hold someone liable, so you need to show the proximate piece.