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P shot at Q with the view to kill him. When Q was being taken to hospital, a tree fell upon Q on the…

The falling of the tree was an independent supervening cause (novus actus interveniens), and since the death resulted from the tree and not from the gunshot, "Falling of…

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P shot at Q with the view to kill him. When Q was being taken to hospital, a tree fell upon Q on the way and Q died in the hospital a few days later. If it was proved that the falling of the tree caused Q's death, then

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The falling of the tree was an independent supervening cause (novus actus interveniens), and since the death resulted from the tree and not from the gunshot, "Falling of tree has broken the chain of causation." P is therefore not causally responsible for Q's death.

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