Ellington v. Tolar Consruction Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• “looking continuously in all directions is not required in all circumstances [to exercise ordinary care for personal safety]”
• “Negligence consists of exposing another to whom one owes a duty . . . to a foreseeable unreasonable probability of harm.” (emphasis supplied)
• “Negligence consists of exposing another to whom one owes a duty . . . to a foreseeable unreasonable probability of harm.” (emphasis supplied)
• jury issue on failure to exercise ordinary care where plaintiff fell through ten-foot hole while laying Insulation on roof
• liability for negligent acts predicated on creation of a foreseeable unreasonable risk of harm

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Robinson v. Kroger Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1997-12-03· cited 568×
• Food Giant, Inc. v. Cooke
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-16· cited 76×
• Begin v. Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-07· cited 51×
• Kitchens v. Winter Co. Builders, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-03-17· cited 50×
• Fort v. Boone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-04-15· cited 43×
• North v. Toco Hills, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-10-21· cited 37×
• Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. Chandler
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-10-11· cited 37×
• Stenhouse v. Winn Dixie Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-09-11· cited 36×
• Flood v. Camp Oil Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-10-09· cited 35×
• Thompson v. Regency Mall Associates
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-05-25· cited 31×
• Mayer v. Turner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-04-20· cited 30×
• Rossano v. American Legion Post No. 29
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-11-22· cited 26×
• Soto v. Roswell Townhomes, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-15· cited 25×
• Atlanta Gas Light Co. v. City of Atlanta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-10-02· cited 25×
• Walker v. Daniels
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-05-31· cited 25×
• Carl Weeks v. Remington Arms Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-06-07· cited 24×
• Ramsey v. Mercer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1977-07-13· cited 24×
• Thacker v. Matthews Tuxedo, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-30· cited 22×
• Ogletree v. Navistar International Transportation Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-11-28· cited 22×
• Charter Builders, Inc. v. Sims Crane Service, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-05-23· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Wakefield v. AR Winter Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-01-28· cited 108×
• Powell v. Berry
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1916-08-21· cited 101×
• Bourn v. Herring
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1969-01-09· cited 92×
• Wynne v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1925-02-07· cited 74×
• Dillingham v. Doctors Clinic, P. A.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-28· cited 66×
• Chotas v. J. P. Allen & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-05-02· cited 51×
• Shockley v. Zayre of Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-11-19· cited 47×
• McCurry v. Bailey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1968-04-23· cited 43×
• Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hines
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-06-15· cited 42×
• Misenhamer v. Pharr
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-02-24· cited 41×
• Peacock Construction Co. v. Chambers
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1967-07-14· cited 34×
• Chambers v. Peacock Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-04-04· cited 32×
• Butler v. Lewman & Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1902-06-10· cited 29×
• McKnight v. Guffin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-07-12· cited 22×
• Braun v. Wright
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-10-02· cited 21×
• Taff v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-11-06· cited 19×
• Dekle v. Todd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-06-18· cited 18×
• Slaughter v. Slaughter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-07-15· cited 16×
• Batson-Cook Co. v. Shipley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-02-19· cited 15×
• Daneker v. Megrue
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-09-06· cited 14×