Davies v. Butler

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that last clear chance as a part of proximate cause should not survive under comparative negligence system
• applying Restatement’s analysis of when consent can be a defense to the tort of battery
• relying on the Second Restatement of Torts to define consent
• declining to apply comparative fault to intentional acts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Burke v. 12 Rothschild's Liquor Mart, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1992-05-21· cited 247×
• Ratlief v. Yokum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-17· cited 70×
• Nazareno v. Urie
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-12-31· cited 65×
• Lamp v. Reynolds
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2002-05-01· cited 63×
• Ainsworth v. Combined Insurance Co. of America
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-05-19· cited 54×
• Ballou v. Sigma Nu General Fraternity
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1986-12-01· cited 54×
• Krivijanski v. Union Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-09-26· cited 50×
• Van Cleave v. Kietz-Mill Minit Mart
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1981-09-30· cited 43×
• Coleman v. Soccer Ass'n
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-07-09· cited 43×
• Amoco Pipeline Co. v. Montgomery
  W.D. Oklahoma· 1980-04-17· cited 31×
• Spearing v. Starcher
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-10-05· cited 29×
• Wareing v. Falk
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1995-02-09· cited 28×
• Hinegardner v. Marcor Resorts, L.P.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-12-22· cited 27×
• Downing v. United Auto Racing Ass'n
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-03-28· cited 22×
• Young's MacHine Co. v. Long
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1984-12-07· cited 21×
• Stubbs v. Frazer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-12-23· cited 21×
• Woosley v. State Farm Insurance
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-03-06· cited 18×
• Derenberger v. Lutey
  Montana Supreme Court· 1983-11-17· cited 17×
• Laws v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-05-12· cited 17×
• Spahn v. Town of Port Royal
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1998-03-09· cited 15×

Cites

21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1975-03-31· cited 760×
• Kaatz v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1975-09-17· cited 131×
• Hamm v. Carson City Nugget, Inc.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1969-02-18· cited 104×
• Ewing v. Cloverleaf Bowl
  California Supreme Court· 1978-01-06· cited 77×
• Greenberg v. Stanley
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1959-07-30· cited 59×
• Drummond v. Mid-West Growers Cooperative Corp.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1975-10-30· cited 51×
• Ryan v. Foster & Marshall, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1977-06-28· cited 51×
• Rocky Mountain Produce Trucking Co. v. Johnson
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1962-02-20· cited 41×
• DeMartini v. Alexander Sanitarium, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1961-05-24· cited 41×
• McCue v. Klein
  Texas Supreme Court· 1883-10-16· cited 31×
• Cushman v. Perkins
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1968-09-20· cited 28×
• Weck v. Reno Traction Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1915-04-15· cited 26×
• Crosman v. Southern Pacific Co.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1921-01-15· cited 26×
• Juanita Deshazo Billingsley, Administratrix of the Estate of Joe W. Billingsley, Deceased v. The Westrac Company and Donald Earl Adams
  Eighth Circuit· 1966-09-09· cited 23×
• Draney v. Bachman
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1976-01-13· cited 20×
• Creager v. Chilson Ex Rel. Blann
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1970-05-11· cited 20×
• Bearden v. City of Boulder City
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1973-03-21· cited 15×
• Seaboard Coast Line Railroad v. Daugherty
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-09-30· cited 15×
• Wright v. Starr
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1919-04-15· cited 13×
• Burns v. Ottati
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1973-05-22· cited 12×