Blondel v. Hays

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the proponent of the instruction
• commenting that toe standard for a motion to strike should not also serve to guide a jury and reiterating the tole of toe jury in a medical malpractice case
• “[A] reasonably prudent [person] ought under the circumstances to have foreseen that some injury might probably result from that negligence”
• “Courts in a number of other jurisdictions have adopted the ‘substantial possibility of survival’ standard for jury instructions ..., [but] we are not persuaded of the wisdom of that policy.”
• “Courts in a number of other jurisdictions have adopted the ‘substantial possibility of survival’ standard for jury instructions . . ., [but] we are not persuaded of the wisdom of that policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).