Organic matter serves as a reservoir of nutrients and water in the soil, aids in reducing compaction and surface crusting, and increases water infiltration into the soil. Yet it's often ignored and neglected.
Similarly, evidence of voluntary intoxication will not excuse conduct that is otherwise negligent. Although intoxication affects a person's judgment, voluntary intoxication will not excuse negligent conduct, because it is the person's conduct, not his or her mental condition, that determines negligence.
In a negligence action suit, the plaintiff must definitively prove that the defendant was both the proximate and actual cause of the injury. The definition of actual cause is that if not for the action by defendant the injury would not have occurred. It is easier to think of this as the But for test.