Brockett v. Harrell Bros., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that contributory negligence is not a defense to a breach of warranty claim
• Virginia common law before U.C.C. included implied warranty that foodstuff is fit for human consumption
• action is ex contractu and contributory-negligence defense does not apply

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Williams v. Brown Manufacturing Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1970-03-24· cited 327×
• Goodbar v. Whitehead Bros.
  W.D. Virginia· 1984-07-30· cited 88×
• Miller v. Preitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 72×
• Jack Lust, Jr. v. Clark Equipment Co., Inc., John Cecil Lewis Co., Inc., Third-Party v. Floyd Stephen Chapman, Third-Party
  Third Circuit· 1986-06-04· cited 68×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,032 Daniel Freeman, and Mary Freeman v. Case Corporation, A/K/A J.I. Case Company, a Tenneco Corporation Case International
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-07-08· cited 65×
• Abbot v. American Cyanamid Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-04-20· cited 59×
• David D. COLE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KELLER INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-01-06· cited 38×
• Gregory v. White Truck & Equipment Co., Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1975-02-20· cited 34×
• Robert E. Matthews v. Ford Motor Company, a Delaware Corporation, Robert E. Matthews v. Kimnach Ford, Inc., a Virginia Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-05-21· cited 29×
• Harris-Teeter, Inc. v. Burroughs
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-01-11· cited 18×
• Harris v. Aluminum Co. of America
  W.D. Virginia· 1982-10-19· cited 18×
• Abbott v. American Cyanamid Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1988-04-20· cited 16×
• Cauthorn v. British Leyland, UK, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-04-24· cited 16×
• White Consolidated Industry, Inc. v. Swiney
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-01-13· cited 16×
• Jones v. Meat Packers Equipment Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-12-23· cited 15×
• Wood v. Bass Pro Shops, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-09-15· cited 13×
• Buettner v. R. W. Martin & Sons, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-02-03· cited 9×
• Richard v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1968-07-01· cited 7×
• Levy v. Paul
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-04-25· cited 6×
• Buettner v. Super Laundry MacHinery
  E.D. Virginia· 1994-02-08· cited 6×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Elizabeth Margaret Dallison and Max Dallison v. Sears, Roebuck and Co., a Corporation
  Tenth Circuit· 1962-12-27· cited 45×
• Gardner v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. of Minnesota, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1964-03-26· cited 43×
• Lunsford, Maxwell & Co. v. Malsby & Avery
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1897-05-06· cited 42×
• Simmons v. Wichita Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1957-04-06· cited 30×
• Swift and Company v. Wells
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-09-03· cited 21×
• Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. Dunn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-04-26· cited 8×
• Blythe v. Camp Manufacturing Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1945-01-15· cited 6×