Orgeron v. Hourgettes’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
January 1957
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gaida v. Hourgettes · 33 So. 2d 570 - Walker v. Joseph P. Geddes Funeral Service
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““Under these circumstances we are unable to hold that Mrs. Orgeron’s death resulted from the asphyxiation or that her inhalation of the monoxide gas accelerated her death from the pre-existing heart ailment. If plaintiff is allowed to recover, the recovery would rest solely on conjecture.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Ellsworth v. Tedesco
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