Maddox v. Denka Chemical Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• criticizing jury instruction that “landowners generally have no duty to make contractors perform safely” because that “is like saying, ‘Generally, owners win cases like this because they have no duty1 ”
• criticizing jury instruction that “landowners generally have no duty to make contractors perform safely” because it “tells the jury how th[e] case should come out, i.e., how it should vote, as a ‘general rule’ ”
• noting every correct statement of the law does not belong in the jury charge, and holding surplus instruction on duty tended to lead the jury to a particular answer and suggested judge’s opinion on the issue
• noting every correct statement of the law does not belong in the jury charge, and holding surplus instruction on duty tended to lead the jury to a particular answer and suggested judge’s opinion on the issue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).