Essex v. Ryan

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing claim for professional negligence based on failure to skillfully discharge contractual obligation
• treating surveyors the same as abstracters for purposes of determining third party liability
• \it is axiomatic that one who contracts to perform services may commit both a breach of contract and the tort of negligence when he negligently fails to perform in a workmanlike manner\
• claim against surveyor for inaccurate survey

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Webb v. Jarvis
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 485×
• Floor Craft Floor Covering, Inc. v. Parma Community General Hospital Ass'n
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-09-19· cited 145×
• Eby v. York-Division, Borg-Warner
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-11-07· cited 135×
• Picadilly, Inc. v. Raikos
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-12-02· cited 102×
• Collins Co. v. Carboline Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1988-12-15· cited 101×
• Guenin v. Sendra Corp.
  N.D. Indiana· 1988-12-08· cited 91×
• Estate of Reasor v. Putnam County
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1994-05-27· cited 90×
• Jerry Ackerman v. Howard K. Schwartz and Bassey, Selesko and Couzens P.C.
  Seventh Circuit· 1991-11-14· cited 77×
• Kahf v. Charleston South Apartments
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-04-09· cited 70×
• Indianapolis-Marion County Public Library v. Charlier Clark & Linard, P.C.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-06-29· cited 69×
• John E. Trytko, Jr. v. Hubbell, Inc., Cross-Appellee
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-10-06· cited 66×
• A.I. Credit Corporation v. Legion Insurance Co.
  Seventh Circuit· 2001-09-12· cited 66×
• Helen C. Holtz v. J.J.B. Hilliard W.L. Lyons, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-07-15· cited 48×
• Harper v. Guarantee Auto Stores
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1989-02-09· cited 44×
• Pugh's IGA, Inc. v. Super Food Services, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-12-20· cited 43×
• Calamari v. Grace
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-12-05· cited 41×
• Bradley E. Alexander, Individually and as the Assignee of Theodore E. Seifert v. Erie Insurance Exchange
  Seventh Circuit· 1993-01-05· cited 39×
• Wilson v. Palmer
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-08-17· cited 39×
• Citizens Gas & Coke Utility v. American Economy Insurance Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-12-30· cited 38×
• MacK v. American Fletcher National Bank & Trust Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1987-07-22· cited 30×

Cites

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

• Rozny v. Marnul
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1969-05-26· cited 360×
• Shideler v. Dwyer
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-03-03· cited 164×
• J. I. Case Co. v. Sandefur
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1964-04-08· cited 122×
• Roberts v. Ball, Hunt, Hart, Brown & Baerwitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1976-04-06· cited 120×
• Barnes v. Mac Brown and Company, Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1976-02-25· cited 117×
• English Coal Co., Inc. v. Durcholz
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-06-09· cited 117×
• Anderson v. Anderson
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-12-31· cited 103×
• Ryan v. Kanne
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-11-12· cited 97×
• Mayhew, Huston v. DEISTER
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1969-02-18· cited 93×
• Stotlar v. Hester
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1978-07-05· cited 50×
• University Casework Systems, Inc. v. Bahre
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1977-04-11· cited 43×
• Lane v. Barringer
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1980-07-24· cited 35×
• Staley v. Jameson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1874-05-15· cited 32×
• Bielat v. FOLTA
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1967-01-01· cited 22×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 94,491 Koch Industries, Inc. v. Irwin Lyon Vosko, and Arthur Young & Company, a Partnership
  Tenth Circuit· 1974-04-08· cited 20×
• Hiatt v. Brown
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1981-06-30· cited 20×
• Anderson v. Spriestersbach
  Washington Supreme Court· 1912-07-29· cited 19×
• Danes v. Automobile Underwriters, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1974-03-11· cited 15×
• Shriner v. Union Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1955-03-18· cited 11×
• Capitol Builders, Inc. v. Shipley
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-08-31· cited 7×