Grote v. Estate of Franklin

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• holding an unforeseeable sudden illness that renders a defendant incapable of controlling his or her vehicle is an act of God and can preclude liability for a resulting collision
• holding an unforeseeable sudden illness that renders a defendant incapable of controlling his or her vehicle is an act of God and can preclude liability for a resulting collision
• Act of God defense may be used to overcome a claim of automobile negligence when an unforeseen medical event causes a loss of vehicular control
• a driver without advance warning of a medical condition who suffered a sudden attack that rendered her unconscious wasn’t negligent because the resulting accident was caused by “an Act of God”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).