Sill v. Burlington Northern Railroad

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• explaining that the violation of a statute can, under certain circumstances, support a negligence per se claim, but that the plaintiff must prove that the statutory \violation was the proximate cause of the injury.\
• explaining that the violation of a stat- ute can, under certain circumstances, support a negligence per se claim, but that the plaintiff must prove that the statutory \violation was the proximate cause of the injury.\
• “If a submissible case is made under a negligence per se cause of action, a plaintiff could recover if a jury concluded that a statute was violated and the violation was the proximate cause of the injury.”

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