Handy v. Box Hills Surgery Ctr.

Meghan Handy, et al. v. Box Hill Surgery Center LLC, et al., Case No. 0973. September Term 2021. Opinion by Wells, C.J. CIVIL LAW – TORT – NEGLIGENCE – INTERVENING CAUSE An intervening force is one “which actively operates in producing harm to another after the actor’s negligent act or omission has been committed.” Section 441 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts. Importantly, an intervening force “may or may not be a superseding cause which relieves the actor from liability for another's harm occurring thereafter.” Id. cmt. d. CIVIL LAW – TORT – NEGLIGENCE – SUPERSEDING CAUSE A superseding…