Smith v. Beverly

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “failure to obey traffic laws . . . will not support a finding of gross negligence”
• noting that “[a] record with two moving violations or accidents within a two-year period prior to the accident is . . . insufficient”
• taking judicial notice of ACD, noting that “Universal codes fall within the ambit of Rule 201 [of the Federal Rules of Evidence]”
• assessing whether record is sufficient to establish recklessness or incompetence based on number and remoteness of traffic violations
• addressing negligent hiring and negligent entrustment claims in the summary judgment context
• “A record with two moving violations or accidents within a two-year period prior to the accident is also insufficient.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).