Eaton v. McLain

How courts have described this case

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

• “In other words, the issue is whether [plaintiff] has made ‘any showing from which it can be said that the defendants reasonably knew or should have known of the probability of an occurrence such as the one which caused [her] injuries.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• McCall v. Wilder
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-12-11· cited 633×
• White v. Vanderbilt University
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-12-30· cited 502×
• Sharon Surles, by Next Friend Jayneice Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Greyhound Lines, Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 2007-01-18· cited 333×
• McClung v. Delta Square Ltd. Partnership
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-10-28· cited 301×
• Coln v. City of Savannah
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-03-30· cited 217×
• Newcomb v. Kohler Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2006-09-05· cited 210×
• Owens v. Truckstops of America
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1996-01-29· cited 196×
• Biscan v. Brown
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-03-30· cited 178×
• Rice v. Sabir
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-11-16· cited 156×
• Burton v. Warren Farmers Cooperative
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-09-12· cited 133×
• Kim Brown v. Christian Brothers University
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2013-08-05· cited 130×
• Conatser v. Clarksville Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1995-06-26· cited 124×
• Alexander v. Armentrout
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-06-09· cited 105×
• Grandstaff v. Hawks
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-31· cited 100×
• Childress v. Currie
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2002-05-03· cited 89×
• Greg Parker v. Holiday Hospitality Franchising, Incorporated
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2014-09-12· cited 89×
• Ingram v. Earthman
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1998-10-21· cited 88×
• Gaston v. Tennessee Farmers Mutual Insurance Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2003-11-07· cited 81×
• Kelley v. Johns
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2002-07-12· cited 65×
• Richardson v. Miller
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-08-16· cited 63×

Cites

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

• Watson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-05-24· cited 1,067×
• Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
  Supreme Court· 1959-02-24· cited 1,014×
• McIntyre v. Balentine
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-05-04· cited 430×
• Bradshaw v. Daniel
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-04-05· cited 359×
• McClenahan v. Cooley
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-03-11· cited 355×
• Doe v. Linder Const. Co., Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1992-12-21· cited 226×
• Coney v. J. L. G. Industries, Inc.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-09-30· cited 207×
• General Motors Corp. v. Hopkins
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-02-23· cited 180×
• Holmes v. Wilson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-05-31· cited 126×
• Richard J. Teal and Tina Teal v. E.I. Dupont De Nemours and Company
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-03-07· cited 123×
• Norwilton Murray v. Fairbanks Morse, Beloit Power Systems, Inc., in No. 78-2224. Cross Appeal of Norwilton Murray, in No. 78-2225
  Third Circuit· 1979-11-29· cited 122×
• Busch v. Busch Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-12-09· cited 101×
• McCormick v. Waters
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-02-18· cited 101×
• Crosslin v. Alsup
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-02-11· cited 100×
• Cerretti v. Flint Hills Rural Electric Cooperative Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1992-07-10· cited 98×
• Brookins v. the Round Table, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1981-10-13· cited 94×
• Hudson v. Gaitan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1984-08-21· cited 92×
• Perez v. McConkey
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1994-02-28· cited 81×
• Street v. Calvert
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-07-06· cited 77×
• Sauls v. Evans
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1982-07-01· cited 53×