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· 1/12/2015

Brockman v. Rivard

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 969
  • 190 L. Ed. 2d 855

How courts have described this case

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

  • directing that where an issue is “ ‘generally a question for the jury,’ the trial court may decide the question as a matter of law ‘where the minds of reasonable persons cannot differ’ ”
  • question of gross negligence usually for jury, unless reasonable minds could not differ on issue
  • “[A]n error of judgment or a loss of presence of mind . . . could be viewed as negligent, but not grossly negligent.”

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