American Home Assur. v. NAT. RR CORP.

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that Florida “abolished contributory negligence in favor of the doctrine of comparative negligence”
• “The vicariously liable party is liable only for the amount of liability apportioned to the tortfeasor.”
• “[V]icarious liability allows for parties that are not at fault to be held liable for the actions of active tortfeasors.”
• “The state may not employ state funds unless such use of funds is'made pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature.”
• a property insurer stepped into the shoes of its insured in a subrogation action to recover for destroying the insured’s property
• only the legislature has the authority to enact a general law waiving sovereign immunity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).