Alston v. Blythe

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that if a driver waved a pedestrian to cross in front of his truck, he had a duty to use reasonable care to ensure that plaintiff’s safety
• holding that if a driver waived a pedestrian to cross in front of his truck, he had a duty to use reasonable care to ensure that plaintiff’s safety
• stating that such error is harmless unless there is a reasonable likelihood the outcome of the trial would have been different without it
• affirming trial court instruction that statutory violation “ ‘is not necessarily negligence, but may be considered by you as evidence in determining negligence’ ”
• distinguishing its facts from Jung noting evidence, if believed, indicating the injured pedestrian ran into driver's lane from in front of stopped truck and into the left side of driver's car, and thus failed to exercise ordinary care for her own safety
• distinguishing its facts from Jung noting evidence, if believed, indicating the injured pedestrian ran into driver’s lane from in front of stopped truck and into the left side of driver’s car, and thus failed to exercise ordinary care for her own safety

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Cited by

21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Gorman v. Pierce County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-08-13· cited 55×
• Johnson v. Weyerhaeuser Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-04-02· cited 43×
• McDowell v. Gillie
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2001-05-22· cited 39×
• Pudmaroff v. Allen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-06-03· cited 37×
• Alston v. Blythe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-09-19· cited 30×
• State v. Dolan
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-07-01· cited 29×
• State v. Dolan
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2003-10-07· cited 28×
• Unigard Insurance v. Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-04-04· cited 26×
• Unigard Ins. Co. v. MUTUAL OF ENUMCLAW INS.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2011-04-04· cited 23×
• Home v. North Kitsap School District
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-10-02· cited 22×
• Erie v. White
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-09-04· cited 16×
• M.R.B. v. Puyallup School District
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-08-08· cited 13×
• Martini v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-04-14· cited 12×
• Doe v. Gonzaga University
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-01-31· cited 10×
• Wirtz v. Gillogly
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-06-23· cited 10×
• Martini Ex Rel. Dussault v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-04-14· cited 9×
• Jessee v. City Council
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-02-05· cited 7×
• Verl Lee Et Al., Respondents, v. Willis Enterprises, Inc., Et Al., Appellants
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2016-06-07· cited 6×
• Wirtz v. GILLOGLY
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2009-09-01· cited 5×
• Sue Ann Gorman, Res./cross-appellant V Pierce Co, App./cross-respondents
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-08-13

Cites

43 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Russell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-10-13· cited 831×
• Hizey v. Carpenter
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-06-04· cited 275×
• Tincani v. Inland Empire Zoological Society
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 247×
• Hansen v. Friend
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-02-20· cited 228×
• Scott v. Pacific West Mountain Resort
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-07-30· cited 176×
• Seattle-First National Bank v. Shoreline Concrete Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-12-28· cited 151×
• Douglas v. Freeman
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-08-15· cited 136×
• Brown v. MacPherson's, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-12-31· cited 130×
• Price v. Kitsap Transit
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-12-15· cited 110×
• Falk v. Keene Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-10-31· cited 107×
• Gammon v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-10-17· cited 95×
• Kirk v. Washington State University
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-11-25· cited 87×
• Geschwind v. Flanagan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-07-15· cited 85×
• Mathis v. Ammons
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-12-20· cited 55×
• Hill v. GTE Directories Sales Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-08-24· cited 42×
• Grobe v. Valley Garbage Service, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-06-24· cited 39×
• Doherty v. Municipality of Metropolitan Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-09-06· cited 38×
• Shorter v. Drury
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-01-11· cited 37×
• Ciminski v. SCI CORPORATION
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-11-02· cited 34×
• Stone v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-04-09· cited 33×

Other cases named Alston v. Blythe

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Alston v. Blythe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-09-19· cited 30×