Legal Opinion
Schedlbauer v. Chris-Craft Corp.
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided September 25, 1968No. Calendar 1, Docket 51,724, 51,725PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Per curiam
In Kaminski v. Grand Trunk W. R. Co. (1956), 347 Mich 417, all participating Justices agreed to adopt Alabama’s test-method of determining what is causally conjectural and what is not when the defendant in negligence moves for an instructed verdict upon allegation that no actionable cause has been shown.1 To introduce the Alabama rule we said (Kaminski at 421):
“It is thus right to say that the trial judge’s immediate duty, motion for direction having been made with address to the rule of conjectural choice between equally plausible inferences, is to determine on favorable view of the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Detroit & Milwaukee Railroad v. Van SteinburgMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
- Kaminski v. Grand Trunk Western RailroadMichigan Supreme Court · 1956
- Barnowsky v. HelsonMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
- Schoepper v. Hancock Chemical Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1897
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3Cited by59 opinions
- McLean v. 988011 Ontario, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
- Skinner v. Square D Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1994
- Kathleen and Michael Hasler, (82-1126), (81-1584) v. United States of America, (81-1584), (82-1126)Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Holloway v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1978
- Snider v. Bob Thibodeau Ford, IncMichigan Court of Appeals · 1972
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