Editing Proximate cause (section)

===Direct causation===
Direct causation is a minority test, which addresses only the metaphysical concept of causation.<ref>In re Arbitration Between Polemis and Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd., 3 K.B. 560 (1921)</ref> It does not matter how foreseeable the result as long as what the negligent party's physical activity can be tied to what actually happened. The main thrust of direct causation is that there are no intervening causes between an act and the resulting harm.  An intervening cause has several requirements: it must 1) be independent of the original act, 2) be a voluntary human act or an abnormal natural event, and 3) occur in time between the original act and the harm.

Direct causation is the only theory that addresses only causation and does not take into account the culpability of the original actor.