3) Although, selling narcotics is the cause in fact. However, the cough medicine is the intervening cause since the medicine contain an alcohol. In addition, getting behind the wheel while under the combined influence of narcotics/alcohol was a proximate cause of Y’s death. Therefore, these limits X’s liability of causing Y’s death. So X would not be held liable for Y’s death. If Y died in the hospital when a storm knocked out the power grid and result in the shutdown of Y’s respirator and caused Y’s death. Thus, the power outage will be the coincidental intervening cause. Snice, you cannot prevent the storm from knocking out the power
