Wells v. Village of Orleans, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating, in a case in which the parties declined to request findings, that “[n]evertheless, the court chose to make findings, but did not specifically find on [a number of specific] issues... and, under the circumstances of the case, was under no obligation to do so.”
• trier of fact may award prejudgment interest if it finds that plaintiff was harmed by delay in reimbursement of monetary loss
• “in contributory negligence, . . . proximate cause is a question of fact for the finder of fact to determine.”
• despite failure of court to make findings on particular issue, other findings plus record showed that defendant failed to meet its burden of proving affirmative defense
• “It is undisputed that the measure of damages to a motor vehicle is fair market value before the injury less fair market value after the injury.”
• “[P]roximate cause is a question of fact for the finder of fact to determine.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).