Smith v. United States’s Empirical Analysis
860 F.3d 995 · 2017
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Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2671
Relies on 32 Ill. 2d 446 - Metz v. Central Illinois Electric & Gas Co. · 137 Ill. 2d 222 - Smith v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 226 Ill. 2d 515 - Heastie v. Roberts · 137 Ill. 2d 284 - Gatlin v. Ruder · 224 Ill. 2d 247 - Calles v. Scripto-Tokai Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“a plaintiff must establish the existence of a duty, the defendant's breach of that duty, and that the breach proximately caused the plaintiff's resulting injuries.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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