Carlson v. K-Mart Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• “If the ‘direct result’ language is confusing in the verdict director when there are multiple causes of injury, it is equally so in the damages instruction.”
• “The ‘directly caused or directly contributed to cause’ language is drawn from MAI 19.01, which allows the plaintiff to modify the verdict director in cases where there are multiple causes of damage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).