Benn v. Thomas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that failure to instruct on “eggshell plaintiff’ rule failed to adequately convey applicable principles of tort law for that case
• noting that courts ordinarily require foreseeability as a limit to the existence of proximate cause in a tort claim
• holding eggshell plaintiff instruction properly given where plaintiff introduced substantial medical testimony of enhanced risk of injury because of prior infirm condition
• remanding for new trial when jury instruction on proximate cause “failed to adequately convey the existing law”
• remanding for new trial when jury instruction on proximate cause “failed to adequately convey the existing law”
• remanding for new trial when jury instruction on proximate cause “failed to adequately convey the existing law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).