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· 7/27/1979

Wisener v. State

Citations

  • 598 P.2d 511
  • 123 Ariz. 148
  • 1979 Ariz. LEXIS 311

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that the plaintiff need not negate entirely the possibility that the defendant’s conduct was not a cause
  • stating that plaintiff need not negate entirely the possibility that defendant’s conduct was not a cause
  • litigants entitled to a “trial when there is the slightest doubt as to the essential facts”
  • “Circumstantial evidence, expert testimony, or 9 common knowledge may provide a basis from which the causal sequence may be inferred. 10 Such questions are peculiarly for the jury, (and) are questions on which a court can seldom 11 rule as a matter of law.”

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Judges: Gordon, Struckmeyer, Hays, Holohan

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