159 Cal. App. 2d 746 - Fowler v. Callis’s Empirical Analysis
1958
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Satterlee v. Orange Glenn School District · Mosley v. Arden Farms Co. · Merrill v. Los Angeles Gas Elec. Co. · 32 Cal. 2d 295 - McEvoy v. American Pool Corp. · Stasulat v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
Most-quoted passages
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““ ‘If . . . the negligent character of the third person’s intervening act or the reasonable foreseeability of its being done is a factor in determining whether the intervening act relieves the actor from liability for his antecedent negligence, and under the undisputed facts there is room for reasonable difference of opinion as to whether such act was negligent or foreseeable, the question should be left to the jury. ’ ””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Valerio v. Jahura
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