Legal Opinion
Burkett-Wood v. Haines
Supreme Court of Delaware
Decided September 29, 2006No. 630,2005PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEELE, Chief Justice.
Cathy Burkett-Wood, the plaintiff-appellant, filed a complaint in Superior Court in New Castle County alleging that Theresa Haines, the defendant-appellee, negligently injured her in a car accident. The case went to a trial before a jury. 1 At the close of the evidence, Wood moved for a directed verdict on the issue of causation. She claimed that Bruce J. Rudin, M.D., the only medical expert to testify at trial, presented uncontradicted testimony that Haines’s negligence caused both the accident and Wood’s injuries, and therefore, that no reasonable jury could find…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- John Fritz v. William YeagerSupreme Court of Delaware · 2002
- Maier v. SantucciSupreme Court of Delaware · 1997
- Amalfitano v. BakerSupreme Court of Delaware · 2001
- Russell v. KanagaSupreme Court of Delaware · 1990
- Dunn v. RileySupreme Court of Delaware · 2004
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3Cited by8 opinions
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