Crockett v. Crothers

How courts have described this case

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

• describing the proof required for a plaintiff to prevail on a negligence claim against an engineer
• upholding a jury’s finding that defendant’s negligent design of a sewerage system was the cause of plaintiffs’ damages even though defendant himself, a professional engineer, was the only witness to provide any expert testimony.
• contract providing for indemnification which was executed between the joint tort-feasors prior to the tort
• in negligence action against engineer, standard of care was established through expert testimony describing steps ordinarily taken by engineers preparing plans relevant to the case
• in negligence action against engineer for failing to discover water main later broken by a contractor, standard of care was established through testimony describing steps ordinarily taken by engineers preparing plans for construction of a city sewerage system
• in negligence action against engineer for failing to discover water main later broken by a contractor, standard of care was established through testimony describing steps ordinarily taken by engineers preparing plans for construction of a city sewerage system

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).