Benner v. Bell

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that, with the adoption of comparative fault, a case may arise where plaintiffs own actions are an intervening cause
• holding that a negligent act which is foreseeable is not an intervening cause
• holding that a negligent act which is foreseeable is not an intervening cause
• “[T]he negligent, or even criminal, act of a third party which is a cause of the injury, may not insulate a defendant from liability where that intervening cause is foreseeable.”
• laments that the cause/condition rule provides no guidance on how courts are supposed to decide what constitutes a 'cause' conferring liability and what is merely a 'condition' that insulates the defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).