Whitehead v. Tobias

ON REHEARING

In their motion for rehearing, Tobias and M.S. Carriers urge that Ring’s conduct was the proximate cause of the occurrence in question as a matter of law. Under the summary judgment proof, Ring’s conduct was a proximate cause of *663the occurrence. However, there can be more than one proximate cause of an occurrence. The summary judgment proof does not show as a matter of law that Ring’s conduct was the sole proximate cause of the occurrence in question. Proximate cause is generally a question of fact for the jury to determine, but may, under limited circumstances, be a question of…