Davis v. L & W CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that blasting by use of dynamite is a hazardous activity subject to strict liability
• holding that blasting by use of dynamite is a hazardous activity subject to strict liability
• liability for ultrahazar-dous activity is more appropriately termed “liability without fault” rather than “strict liability”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Northrup v. Miles Homes, Inc. of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-02-21· cited 108×
• Team Central, Inc. v. Teamco, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-11-22· cited 62×
• Kunkle Water & Electric, Inc. v. City of Prescott
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-04-11· cited 37×
• Meeker v. City of Clinton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-11-23· cited 35×
• Hagen v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-01-18· cited 29×
• Ives v. Swift & Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-01-19· cited 27×
• Yukon Equipment, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-11-03· cited 27×
• Heth v. Iowa City
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-03-28· cited 17×
• Northwestern National Insurance Co. v. Raid Quarries Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-01-19· cited 17×
• Dyer v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2009-12-17· cited 15×
• National Steel Service Center, Inc. v. Gibbons
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-05-19· cited 12×
• Mark Vagts, Joan Vagts, Andrew Vagts, and Vagts Dairy, LLC v. Northern Natural Gas Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2024-06-21

Cites

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

• Berg v. Reaction Motors Division
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1962-05-21· cited 138×
• Whitman Hotel Corporation v. Elliott & Watrous Engineering Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1951-03-13· cited 101×
• Hanson v. Town & Country Shopping Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-09-20· cited 64×
• Dougherty v. Boyken
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-01-09· cited 59×
• Exner v. Sherman Power Const. Co.
  Second Circuit· 1931-12-14· cited 59×
• Hall v. Wright
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-02-06· cited 55×
• Cronk v. Iowa Power and Light Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-12-14· cited 52×
• Lever Bros. Co. v. Atlas Assur. Co., Ltd.
  Seventh Circuit· 1942-11-21· cited 49×
• Bedell Et Ux. v. Goulter
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1953-10-07· cited 41×
• Watson v. Mississippi River Power Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1916-02-09· cited 39×
• Lubin v. City of Iowa City
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1964-12-15· cited 38×
• Stewart v. Hilton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1956-06-19· cited 35×
• Enos Coal Mining Co. v. SCHUCHART
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1963-03-12· cited 34×
• Price v. King
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1963-06-11· cited 30×
• Ledbetter-Johnson Company v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1958-04-10· cited 29×
• Cogley v. Hy Vee Food Stores, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-09-21· cited 28×
• Garden of the Gods Village, Inc. v. Hellman
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1956-03-05· cited 26×
• Davis v. Georgia-Pacific Corporation
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1968-09-25· cited 25×
• Martinson v. Iowa State Highway Commission
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-04-06· cited 19×
• Pumphrey v. JA Jones Construction Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1959-02-10· cited 18×