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4 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 17 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Dew v. Crown Derrick Erectors, Inc..

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1 Dew v. Crown Derrick Erectors, Inc. Anchor
tex · 2006
green “a new and independent cause is one that intervenes between the original wrong and the final injury such that the injury is attributed to the new cause rather than the first and more remote cause.” 7
2 Dew v. Crown Derrick Erectors, Inc.
tex · 2006
green “what generally distinguishes a superseding cause from one that merely concurs in the injury is that the intervening force was not only unforeseeable, but its consequences also unexpected.” 4
3 Providence Health Center v. Dowell
tex · 2008
green “had calmed down and did not want to be hospitalized.” 3
4 Kassen v. Hatley
tex · 1994
green “a state-employed doctor or nurse has official immunity from claims arising out of the exercise of governmental discretion, but is not immune from liability arising from the exercise of medical discretion.” 3

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