· 7/16/1985
Hercules, Inc. v. Stevens Shipping Co., Aetna Casualty & Surety Company, Third Party
Citations
- 765 F.2d 1069
- 1985 U.S. App. LEXIS 20302
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Under a ‘proportional fault’ system, no justification exists for applying the doctrines of intervening negligence and last clear chance.”
- “Under a ‘proportional fault’ system, no justification exists for applying the doctrines of intervening negligence and last clear chance.”
- in which the court refused to allow the doctrines of intervening negligence and last clear chance to circumvent the concept of proportional fault
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Judges: Kravitch, Johnson, Tuttle
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