Hussung v. Patel

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a temporal relationship between an event and an injury is insufficient to demonstrate causation
• rejecting the “plaintiff’s argument that the . . . temporal relationship between the injection and plaintiff’s injuries is sufficient to support an inference of causation and thus to raise a genuine issue of fact as to proximate cause”
• “if we were to conclude that contemporaneity could prove causation, we would inappropriately shift the burden of proof from the plaintiff to the defendant.”
• contemporaneous existence of act and injury does not create factual dispute about proximate cause
• contemporaneity does not prove causation
• contemporaneity does not prove causation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wiedenbeck v. Searle
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-09-22· cited 46×
• Hernandez v. Alexian Brothers Health System
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-07-31· cited 22×
• Ross Advertising v. Heartland Bank and Trust Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-05-22· cited 13×
• In re Commitment of Evans
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2021-06-07· cited 13×
• ROSS ADVERTISING, INC. v. Heartland Bank
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2012-05-22· cited 9×
• Ford-Sholebo v. United States
  N.D. Illinois· 2013-09-03· cited 9×
• Wartalski v. JSB Construction & Consulting Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-07-10· cited 6×
• BOOM TOWN SALOON, INC. v. City of Chicago
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-07-14· cited 6×
• Wartalski v. JSB Construction and Consulting Company
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-07-10
• Wilmington Trust, National Ass'n v. Thor Palmer House Retail, LLC
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2025-02-20

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kathleen and Michael Hasler, (82-1126), (81-1584) v. United States of America, (81-1584), (82-1126)
  Sixth Circuit· 1983-10-07· cited 138×
• Grant v. Secretary Of Health And Human Services
  Federal Circuit· 1992-02-25· cited 73×
• Hodges v. Secretary Of Health And Human Services
  Federal Circuit· 1993-11-15· cited 47×
• Gyllin v. College Craft Enterprises, Ltd.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1994-04-19· cited 38×
• Lasley v. Georgetown University
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-02-06· cited 33×
• Sunderman v. Agarwal
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-06-18· cited 19×
• Derzavis v. Bepko
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-12-29· cited 18×
• Manias v. Peoria County Sheriff's Department Merit Commission
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-10-12· cited 7×