- prior negligence
- Negligence so remote from the time of the injury as not (o constitute a proximate cause. Holwerson v St. Louis & Suburban Railway Co. 157 Mo 216, 57 SW 770.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
prior negligence
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