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· 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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