Ingram v. Earthman’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 29 state decisions

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1. “As part of its defense, Fischer Steel Corporation may prove by a preponderance of the evidence that acts or failures to act of Jolly Roofing and of Belz w[ere] the sole and proximate cause in fact of the Plaintiffs injury. If they prove this, Fischer Steel would not be at fault. If they fail to prove that Belz and/or Jolly Roofing was the sole proximate cause of the Plaintiffs injuries, then you may consider the actions of Jolly Roofing and Belz only in assessing whether the Plaintiff has met his burden of proving that Fischer Steel was negligent. In that case, you may not assess fault against Jolly Roofing and/or Belz.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wilson v. Harris · Troup v. Fischer Steel Corp.

2. “Parol evidence cannot be used to contradict or alter the terms of a written contract that is complete and unambiguous on its face. However, the parol evidence rule does not prevent the introduction and consideration of extraneous evidence to explain an ambiguous contractual provision. Likewise, the use of parol evidence to explain a vague contractual term does not cause an otherwise valid written agreement to run afoul of the Statute of Frauds in Tenn. Code Ann. § 29-2-101 (Supp.1998).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Birdwell v. Psimer