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Motion for Summary Judgment Denied on Issue of Proximate Cause

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Galloway v. Lux Credit Consultants, LLC, --- N.Y.S.3d ----, 2024 WL 820922, 2024 N.Y. Slip Op. 01003 - In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, the plaintiff appealed an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County,...more

Tyson & Mendes LLP

Crash Course: Why Summary Judgment Misses the Mark in Illinois Multi-Cause Limousine Crash Collision

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In Johnson v. Illinois State Toll Highway Authority, a limousine ride to the airport turned catastrophic when an unlicensed, speeding driver named Aaron Nash (“Nash”) missed a lane shift through a construction zone and...more

Womble Bond Dickinson

Palsgraf goes viral: Viruses as the proximate cause of an injury

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A central question in every tort case is what caused the injury. The question of proximate cause does not end with the inquiry of whether it is possible for a particular product or act to cause an injury, but also whether it...more

Butler Snow LLP

Another (need we say it?) Disappointed Additional Insured

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One commentator has called the scope of Additional Insured coverage “[o]ne of the oldest and most confounding debates in the insurance world.” Another chapter was written the other day in Pioneer Cent. Sch. Dist. v. Preferred...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

Total Eclipse of Comp

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Examining An Injury Resulting from an Eclipse Under North Carolina Law - On August 21, 2017, many of us in North Carolina looked up at the sun to view the rare phenomenon of a total or near total eclipse. In most...more

Carlton Fields

Poisoning the Well: Washington Supreme Court Applies Efficient Proximate Cause to Eviscerate Pollution Exclusion in Liability...

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Professionals and practitioners in first party property insurance are likely familiar with the efficient proximate cause rule, which requires an insurance policy to provide coverage where “a covered peril sets in motion a...more

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC

Proximate Cause - An Important Practice Tip for Personal Injury Lawyers

In this video, Carol Steinour Young of McNees Wallace & Nurcik LLC provides an important practice tip for personal injury lawyers when preparing their case for mediation or trial. In addition to focusing on duty, breach, and...more

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