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· 3/26/1997

Scoggins v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Citations

  • 560 N.W.2d 564
  • 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 103
  • 1997 WL 142150

How courts have described this case

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

  • discussing Robinson in holding that dealer’s negligent sale was not a proximate cause of a minor’s suicide
  • defendant’s liability for acts of supplying deceased with instrumentality of suicide in violation of statute
  • “It is sufficient here to observe that despite the various terms used to state the causation analysis, we have consistently required a plaintiff to meet the traditional but-for test of causation in fact.” (citation omitted)
  • illegal sale of ammunition to a 20 year old
  • illegal sale of ammunition to a 20 year old

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Judges: Larson, Neuman, Snell, Andreasen, Ternus

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