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Damages - Personal Injury - Negligent Aggravation By Injured Person, Michigan Law Review
Damages - Personal Injury - Negligent Aggravation By Injured Person, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
As a direct result of the defendant's negligence, "plaintiff fell and sustained injuries including a fracture of the pubic bone. Ten months later, knowing that she could not walk unassisted because the bone had not knit, plaintiff attempted to do so, fell and refractured the bone. Held, that plaintiff's negligence, found as a matter of law, was an "efficient intervening cause" making the defendant's negligence remote as to the aggravation of the injury. S.S. Kresge Co. v. Kenney, (App. D. C. 1936) 86 F. (2d) 651.