Proffitt v. Gosnell’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
September 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kessing v. National Mortgage Corporation · Singleton v. Stewart · Smith v. Fiber Controls Corp. · Exum v. Boyles · Vernon v. Crist
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“Contributory negligence is negligence on the part of the plaintiff which joins, simultaneously or successively, with the negligence of the defendant alleged in the complaint to produce the injury of which the plaintiff complains. In order to prove contributory negligence on the part of a plaintiff, the defendant must demonstrate: (1) a want of due care on the part of the plaintiff; and (2) a proximate connection between the plaintiff's negligence and the injury. However, a plaintiff may relieve the defendant of the burden of showing contributory negligence when it appears from the plaintiff's own evidence that he was contributorily negligent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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