Adequate causation
0023-en RE330 Code of Obligations (CO, General/Special Part) As of 11.07.2026
The causal link is established even if the disputed facts are only to be considered as members of a whole causal series, provided that, at least according to general experience, these facts were in themselves capable of bringing about the damaging success.
Deutsch
Adäquate Verursachung 0023-de
Der Kausalzusammenhang ist gegeben, auch wenn die streitigen Tatsachen nur Glieder einer ganzen Kausalreihe zu betrachten sind, sofern wenigstens nach allgemeiner Erfahrung diese Tatsachen an sich geeignet waren, den schädigenden Erfolg herbeizuführen.
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