This is one of the judicial principles / criteria adopted by the Egyptian court of cassation that "deciding on erroneous liability is a power which is left to the sole discretion of the court of merits ..." and implies that:
"Erroneous liability arises if three conditions are fulfilled: error, damage and a causative relationship between the two", thus, if the error element is found but the causative relationship is denied, the liability shall be denied as well.

HTH

https://www.biicl.org/files/777_introduction_to_islamic_law....

https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2622382/hsu-v-county-o...

https://mn.gov/law-library-stat/archive/ctapun/9905/1830.htm


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Note added at 6 days (2017-04-30 05:58:46 GMT) Post-grading
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