53 Wash. 2d 805 - Smith v. Frontier, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
April 1972
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Plaintiff's expert gave two possible causes of the front wheel's failure to rotate. Plaintiff's testimony negated the one-error on the part of plaintiff in activating the brake. This left the second cause-improper tightening of the nut at the end of the axle bolt, thereby producing excessive side play and locking of the wheel-'available to the jury without recourse to speculation'. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
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