· 1/31/1986
Monaghan v. DiPaulo Construction Co.
Citations
- 489 N.E.2d 409
- 140 Ill. App. 3d 921
- 95 Ill. Dec. 188
- 1986 Ill. App. LEXIS 1794
How courts have described this case
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- “an inference of negligence cannot be established on inferences which are merely speculative in nature”
- plaintiff had no memory of accident and admitted he did not know how it happened and the only witness did not know why accident occurred
- \an inference of negligence cannot be established on inferences which are merely speculative in nature\
- the inference the plaintiff sought to establish as the cause of his accident was merely speculative in nature; thus, he could not show the proximate cause element and his cause of action predicated on negligence must fail
- the inference the plaintiff sought to establish as the cause of his accident was merely speculative in nature; thus, he could not show the proximate cause element and his cause of action predicated on negligence must fail
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Judges: Sullivan
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