Chambliss v. Shoney's Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “When there is a complete absence of proof as to when and how the dangerous condition came about, it would be improper to permit the jury to speculate on these vital elements.”
• involving a restaurant patron that slipped in a restroom

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Eaton v. McLain
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-11-09· cited 375×
• Martin v. Washmaster Auto Center, U.S.A.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1996-12-11· cited 64×
• Underwood v. HCA Health Services of Tennessee, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1994-09-21· cited 48×
• Hardesty v. SERVICE MERCHANDISE CO. INC.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1997-02-05· cited 41×
• Basily v. Rain, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-03-31· cited 29×
• Hill v. John Banks Buick, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1993-10-01· cited 24×
• Leonard O. Self v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1989-11-01· cited 20×
• Sandra Morris v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-06-04· cited 18×
• Piana v. OLD TOWN OF JACKSON
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2009-02-06· cited 16×
• Lawson Ex Rel. Lawson v. EDGEWATER HOTELS
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-11-30· cited 11×
• CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Franklin Industries, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-08· cited 4×
• Beckwith v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P.
  W.D. Tennessee· 2015-02-06· cited 2×
• Sims v. Memphis Processors, Inc.
  W.D. Tennessee· 1990-05-08· cited 1×
• Margaret A. Norfleet v. Pulte Homes Tennessee Limited Partnership
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2011-11-09
• Kathy Gordon v. By-Lo Markets, Inc., d/b/a By-Lo - 10
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2010-10-05
• Kenneth Townsend v. Auto Zone, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-08-31
• Carrie Denning Nolley v. Paul Eichel, Pat Patton and Eight Tracks Management Co., LLC
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2003-11-29
• Raymond Workman, et ux v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2001-10-10
• Frances Wolfe v. Kroger Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-12-14
• Jones v. H.G. Hill Realty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-06-29