NEGLIGENCE-PROXIMATE CAUSE-PLAINTIFF'S BURDEN OF PROOF WHERE EITHER OF TWO WRONGFUL ACTS COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY

Authors

M. J. Spencer, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

While walking on a highway, A was knocked down by a car driven by B, and was almost immediately run over by C's car. A was pronounced dead from several injuries, any one of which would have sufficed to cause his death. Plaintiff, A's administratrix, recovered judgment against both B and C for A's death. Held, reversing on other grounds, joinder of B and C was proper. Micelli v. Hirsch, (Ohio App. 1948) 83 N.E. (2d) 240.

Recommended Citation

M. J. Spencer, NEGLIGENCE-PROXIMATE CAUSE-PLAINTIFF'S BURDEN OF PROOF WHERE EITHER OF TWO WRONGFUL ACTS COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY, 47 Mich. L. Rev. 1232 (1949).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol47/iss8/25