Simmons v. Garces

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, “in every negligence case,” the plaintiff must “show a causal connection between the deviation [from the standard of care] and the injury”
• stating that a trial court’s rulings on objections are within the court’s discretion
• jury’s questions regarding the purpose and necessity of answering a special interrogatory did not display confusion on the jury’s part
• “[s]pecial findings are inconsistent with a general verdict only where they are clearly and absolutely irreconcilable with the general verdict” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “In a medical malpractice case, proximate cause must be established by expert testimony to a reasonable degree of medical certainty.”
• “[s]pecial findings are inconsistent with a general verdict only where they are clearly and absolutely irreconcilable with the general verdict” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).