Lambert v. Connors’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
September 1996
most recently cited
Relationships
Relies on Berry v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. · 500 F. Supp. 133 - Church v. Huge
Most-quoted passages
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“There will be a limited number of cases in which the applicant will establish total disability and the occurrence of a mine accident, but it will appear that the mine accident is only partially responsible for the disability. In these cases, the disability shall be deemed to be the result of a mine accident in accordance with the principle of “proximate cause,” as explained below: (a) If the mine accident aggravated a preexisting condition to the extent that the person becomes totally disabled or if the mine accident occurred after a non-mine related injury and the two injuries combined resulted in total disability, the person shall be deemed to be totally disabled as a result of the mine accident. This rule applies even if evidence establishes that the mine related condition is only a small percentage of the total disability ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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