First Pacific Management Corp. v. O'Brien

How courts have described this case

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

• “One cannot admit knowledge of the presence of a [minefield] but claim ignorance because he was not aware that a mine was placed at the point he decided to enter it.”
• “One cannot admit knowledge of the presence of a mine field but claim ignorance because he was not aware that a mine was placed at the point he decided to enter it.”
• \One cannot admit knowledge of the presence of a mine field but claim ignorance because he was not aware that a mine was placed at the point he decided to enter it.\
• “One cannot admit knowledge of the presence of a mine field but claim ignorance because he was not aware that a mine was placed at the point he decided to enter it.”
• plaintiff who threw himself into a creek had assumed the risk of injury; “[a] person cannot undertake to do what is obviously a dangerous thing and at the same time avoid the responsibility for the self-assumed risk”

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Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• White v. Georgia Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-02-18· cited 36×
• Roth v. Wu
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-05-07· cited 26×
• Bossard v. Atlanta Neighborhood Development Partnership, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-14· cited 13×
• State v. Dyer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-03-18· cited 12×
• Brown v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-17· cited 10×
• Norman v. Williams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-02-16· cited 7×
• Hackel v. Bartell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-02-11· cited 6×
• Rowland v. Colquitt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-29· cited 6×
• Pritchett v. Hartwell Entertainment Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1996-06-14· cited 5×
• Johnson v. GREEN GROWTH 1, LLC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-07-09· cited 5×
• Wimpey v. Otts
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-01-06· cited 4×
• Raymond v. Amada Co., Ltd.
  N.D. Georgia· 1996-04-12· cited 4×
• Thomas Fuller v. William McCormick
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-03-10· cited 4×
• Vaughn v. Pleasent
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1995-11-03· cited 3×
• Craig v. Lakeshore Marine, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-08-12· cited 3×
• Gresham v. Atlanta Gas Light Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1989-11-20· cited 2×
• Benefield v. Pep Boys—Manny, Moe & Jack, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-04-11· cited 2×
• Jerry Scott v. Forest Acres Full Gospel Church
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-25
• Smg Construction Services, LLC v. Cook
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2025-10-15

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hines
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-06-15· cited 42×
• Golf Club Co. v. Rothstein
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1958-01-23· cited 26×
• Speaks v. Rouse Co. of Ga.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 23×
• Forde v. Citizens & Southern Georgia Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-21· cited 20×
• Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States v. Tinsley Mill Village
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-09-08· cited 19×
• Wanless v. Winner's Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-01-31· cited 16×
• White v. FRED F. FRENCH MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-02-04· cited 13×
• Cannon v. City of MacOn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1950-04-01· cited 10×
• Simone v. Hancock Textile Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-06-05· cited 8×
• Durrance v. Bacon County Hospital Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-09-05· cited 7×
• Floyd v. City of Albany
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1961-12-05· cited 7×
• Mewborn v. WINN-DIXIE STORES, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-06-04· cited 5×
• Ivey v. FORT VALLEY UTILITIES COMMISSION
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-04-22· cited 4×