Edwards v. Campbell’s Empirical Analysis
2016
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Cowart v. Widener · City of Gainesville v. Dodd · 217 Ga. App. 688 - Hodge v. SADA Enterprises, Inc. · ONTARIO SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, LTD. v. Smith · 242 Ga. App. 262 - Dixon v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Although questions of causation are generally for the jury, nevertheless, there must be sufficient evidence to create a jury question on the issue of causation. Proof of proximate cause requires a showing of a legally attributable causal connection between the defendant's conduct and the alleged injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[B]efore any negligence, even if proven, can be actionable, that negligence must be the proximate cause of the injuries sued upon.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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