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2 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 10 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Evridge v. American Honda Motor Co..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Evridge v. American Honda Motor Co. Anchor
tenn · 1985
green “an intervening act will not exculpate the original wrongdoer unless it appears that the negligent intervening act could not have been reasonably anticipated.” 5
2 City of Elizabethton v. Sluder
tenn · 1976
green “the fact that an accident may be freakish does not per se make it unpredictable or unforeseen.” 5

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