crumbling skull rule

English

Noun

crumbling skull rule (plural crumbling skull rules)

  1. (law) a common-law rule according to which a defendant is not liable for the plaintiff's conditions or injuries that predate the tort, except to the degree that the tort worsened or hastened that injury or condition
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