· 6/8/1976
Armstrong Ex Rel. Estate of Armstrong v. Weiland
Citations
- 225 S.E.2d 851
- 267 S.C. 12
- 1976 S.C. LEXIS 200
How courts have described this case
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- holding when the plaintiff offers no expert testimony to prove proximate cause, the plaintiff must offer evidence that rises above mere speculation or conjecture
- providing that before expert testimony is admissible upon the question of the causal connection between a plaintiff's alleged injuries and the actions of the defendant, the testimony must satisfy the \most probably\ test
- “When the testimony of an expert witness is not relied upon to establish proximate cause, it is sufficient for plaintiff to put forth some evidence which rises above mere speculation or conjecture____”
- “When the testimony of an expert witness is not relied upon to establish proximate cause, it is sufficient for plaintiff to put forth some evidence which rises above mere speculation or conjecture .... ”
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Judges: Littlejohn, Lewis, Ness, Rhodes, Gregory
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