Ford v. Whipple

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that malicious conduct directed toward any person conceivably in the path of the defendant motorist also was not sufficiently directed toward the plaintiff in order to allow a cause of action under the exception
• impact rule foreclosed recovery by uninjured child passenger for fright and apprehension absent any physical injury
• impact rule foreclosed recovery by uninjured child passenger for fright and apprehension absent any physical injury
• “[disregard of general consequences is a part of wanton behavior but... the wantonness must be directed to the plaintiff”
• “Disregard of general consequences is a part of wanton behavior, but the exception to the impact rule requires more; the wantonness must be directed to the plaintiff.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peterson v. Columbus Medical Center Foundation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-04-12· cited 25×
• Bishop v. Farhat
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-06-17· cited 25×
• H. J. Russell & Co. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-08· cited 24×
• Johnson v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-24· cited 22×
• DeKalb County v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-02-22· cited 16×
• Sletto v. Hospital Authority of Houston County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-07-16· cited 14×
• Clarke v. Freeman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-03-15· cited 14×
• Chambley v. Apple Restaurants, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-16· cited 10×
• Jordan v. Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-24· cited 7×
• Pryce v. Rhodes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-29· cited 6×
• Athens-Clarke County v. Torres
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-10-03· cited 5×
• Harris v. Fulton-Dekalb Hospital Authority
  N.D. Georgia· 2002-03-27· cited 5×
• Jordan v. Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund, Ltd.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-02-24· cited 5×
• Pike Nurseries, Inc. v. Allen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-01-15· cited 3×
• HJ Russell & Co. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-06-08
• Shah-Haan Pryce v. Tampa Rhodes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2012-06-29

Cites

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

• Harper v. DeFreitas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-01-31· cited 141×
• Chapman v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1892-03-20· cited 118×
• Westview Cemetery, Inc. v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-05-20· cited 117×
• OB-Gyn Associates of Albany v. Littleton
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1989-12-05· cited 98×
• Ryckeley v. Callaway
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-02-04· cited 96×
• Hamilton v. Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1984-02-02· cited 92×
• Cochran v. McCollum
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1974-10-25· cited 86×
• Dillingham v. Doctors Clinic, P. A.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1976-01-28· cited 66×
• Byrd v. Ford Motor Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-09-05· cited 51×
• Bowen v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-02-05· cited 42×
• Mitchell v. Dickey
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-03-05· cited 40×
• Hennly v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1994-06-27· cited 38×
• Sun Trust Banks, Inc. v. Killebrew
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1995-12-04· cited 36×
• Sheppard v. Yara Engineering Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-09· cited 36×
• Poole v. City of Atlanta
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-02-26· cited 35×
• Tuggle v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-23· cited 34×
• Sanders v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1986-03-11· cited 30×
• Wehunt v. ITT Business Communications Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-06-19· cited 26×
• McCoy v. Georgia Baptist Hospital
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-07-15· cited 25×
• Delta Finance Co. v. Ganakas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1956-02-02· cited 24×