Carnation Company v. Wong

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that persons whose negligence did not contribute to an automobile accident should not have the damages awarded to them reduced or mitigated because of their failure to wear available seat belts
• holding that persons whose negligence did not contribute to an automobile accident should not have the damages awarded to them reduced or mitigated because of their failure to wear available seat belts
• holding that persons whose negligence did not contribute to an automobile accident should not have the damages awarded to them reduced or mitigated because of their failure to wear available seat belts
• holding that persons whose negligence did not contribute to an automobile accident should not have the damages awarded to them reduced or mitigated because of their failure to wear available seat belts
• “We reject those cases barring completely plaintiffs recovery based on contributory negligence; our courts have not followed such an approach.”
• “We reject those cases barring completely plaintiff’s recovery based on contributory negligence; our courts have not followed such an approach.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pool v. Ford Motor Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-04-02· cited 2,766×
• Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Glyn-Jones
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-15· cited 209×
• Unnamed case
  Fifth Circuit· 2006-12-27· cited 146×
• Amend v. Bell
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-10-13· cited 78×
• Crum & Forster, Inc. v. Monsanto Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1994-10-18· cited 65×
• Law v. Superior Court of State of Ariz.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1988-05-25· cited 62×
• Nabors Well Services, Ltd. v. Romero
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-02-13· cited 45×
• Bay, Inc. v. Ramos
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-06-24· cited 40×
• Jerry L. Kennon and Mary Ann Kennon, Individually and as Next Friend of Jerry L. Kennon, Jr. v. Slipstreamer, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1986-07-23· cited 26×
• Block v. Mora
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2009-01-07· cited 26×
• Halvorson v. Voeller
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1983-06-24· cited 19×
• Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. v. Mendez
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2004-10-14· cited 18×
• Selgado v. Commercial Warehouse Company
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1975-12-09· cited 17×
• Milbrand v. DaimlerChrysler Corp.
  E.D. Texas· 2000-06-20· cited 12×
• Nabors Well Services, Ltd. v. Romero
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2016-02-29· cited 9×
• Madaris v. State of Oregon Highway Division
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-08-13· cited 5×
• King Son Wong v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1976-04-14· cited 5×
• Baker v. Morrison
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1992-05-26· cited 5×
• Loera v. Fuentes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2013-01-30· cited 4×
• Ford Motor Company v. Bland
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1974-12-19· cited 3×