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¶ 12, (“Causation is generally a question of fact for the jury unless reasonable persons could 9 DESERT PALM et al. v. PETTA Opinion of the Court not conclude that a plaintiff had proved thi

§ 12–563; 380 ¶¶ 12, 20, 960 (App. 2004) (providing that expert medical testimony is required to establish whether a causal connection between an denied that motion and also another motion to remand this appeal to allow the trial court to rule on other motions.

¶¶ 28-29, (holding jury did not err in finding physician’s misdiagnosis was partially the proximate cause of decedent’s fatal overdose of pain medication used to treat the overlooked condition); -81, ¶¶ 24-26, -61 (App. 2004) (discussing “substantial factor” test for proximate causation); Restatement (Second) of Torts § 457 (1965) (negligent actor may be liable for additional harm resulting from third persons’ acts -- whether proper or negligent -- in rendering aid for the original injury)

This application of negligence under APSA is very different from the usual definition of negligence in a medical malpractice ease, in which a plaintiff need only “prove the causal connection between an act or omission and the ultimate injury.” ¶ 12

¶ 8 “Ordinarily, a plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit must prove the causal connection between an act or omission and the ultimate injury through expert medical testimony, unless the connection is readily apparent to the trier of fact.” ¶ 12

¶¶ 24, 26, -61 (App. 2004); 65 C.J.S.

lt satisfies any additional causal re-quirements imposed by the statute defining the offense.” Proximate cause is shown “by demonstrating a natural and continuous sequenee of events stemming from the defen *194 dant’s act or omission, unbroken by any efficient intervening cause, that produces an injury, in whole or in part, and without which the injury would not have occurred.” ¶ 11

374, 378, ¶ 11, (citing Robertson v. Sixpence Inns of Am.

“An ‘efficient intervening cause’ is an independent cause that occurs between the original act or omission and the final harm and is necessary in bringing about that harm.” ¶ 11 , (citation omitted).