David Blood v. Vh-1 Music First

How courts have described this case

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

• finding the second driver’s negligence was “extraordinary” when he crashed into -9- stopped traffic at nearly fifty-five miles-per-hour in clear weather conditions on a flat portion of the interstate
• permitting federal courts to give “proper regard” to the state’s lower courts
• “In Illinois, a successful negligence claim requires [the plaintiff] to prove . . . that the breach was the proximate cause of the plaintiff's injuries.””
• four hours between the defendant’s negligent act and the plaintiff’s injuries
• “Ordinarily, proximate cause is a question for the trier of fact”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).