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· 11/9/2007

Winschel v. Brown

Citations

  • 171 P.3d 142
  • 2007 Alas. LEXIS 153
  • 2007 WL 3317831

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining “determinations of proximate cause usually involve questions of fact” and become “a matter of law only where reasonable minds cannot differ”
  • explaining \determinations of proximate cause usually involve questions of fact” and become \a matter of law only where reasonable minds cannot differ”
  • “Alaska follows the ‘substantial factor test’ of causation, which generally requires the plaintiff to show that the accident would not have happened ‘but for’ the defendant’s negligence.”
  • “We independently review orders granting summary judgment by considering the entire record in the light most favorable to the non-moving party to determine whether it reveals any genuine issues of material fact.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Fabe, Matthews, Eastaugh, Bryner, Carpeneti

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