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· 12/5/2008

Hale v. Brown

Citations

  • 197 P.3d 438
  • 287 Kan. 320
  • 2008 Kan. LEXIS 699

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding a driver was not the proximate cause of injury because of the \the length of time between the first and second accidents and [an] intervening negligent act\ by another driver
  • “In order to establish a negligence claim, the plaintiff must establish the existence of a duty, a breach of that duty, an injury, and proximate cause.... ”
  • proximate cause is an essential element of a negligence claim under Oklahoma law
  • “In order to establish a claim based in negligence, a plaintiff must establish the existence of a duty, a breach of that duty, an injury, and proximate cause, which means a causal connection between the duty that was breached and the injury.”
  • stating elements of wrongful death claim under Kansas law
  • “[Pjroximate cause is ordinarily a question of fact that is reserved for the trier of fact. . . . [however,] when all the evidence on which a party relies is undisputed and susceptible of only one inference, the question of proximate cause becomes a question of law. [Citation omitted.]”

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Judges: Rosen

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