Daniels v. Twin Oaks Nursing Home

U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit · Decided 1982-12-06

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ANDERSON, Circuit Judge, dissenting: I agree with all of Chief Judge Godbold’s opinion for the majority, except his conclusion that there is not sufficient evidence to support the jury finding of proximate cause. I would conclude that the jury might reasonably infer that the defendant’s negligence in permitting Daniels to wander off was a proximate cause of his death. Daniels was a 78 year old senile man who…

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