Graci v. Damon

How courts have described this case

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

• comparative negligence doctrine created to address cases where “there is negligence on the part of both parties”
• abolition of assumption of the risk is a substantive change in the law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Abramian v. President & Fellows of Harvard College
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-07-14· cited 168×
• Correia v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-03-09· cited 135×
• Board of County Commissioners v. Ridenour
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1981-02-03· cited 73×
• Jensen v. Intermountain Health Care, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 67×
• Riley v. DAVISON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-02· cited 66×
• Sitzes v. Anchor Motor Freight, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 61×
• Odenwalt v. Zaring
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1980-09-24· cited 56×
• Garbincius v. Boston Edison Co.
  First Circuit· 1980-05-28· cited 48×
• Mountain Mobile Mix, Inc. v. Gifford
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-02-22· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-10-20· cited 36×
• Minott v. FW Cunningham & Sons
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-04-28· cited 30×
• Steele v. Kelley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1999-05-12· cited 25×
• Wong v. Hawaiian Scenic Tours, Ltd.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1982-03-24· cited 23×
• Shantigar Foundation v. Bear Mountain Builders
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-03-05· cited 23×
• Hurley v. Public Service Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-31· cited 21×
• Vanalstyne v. Whalen
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-02-22· cited 16×
• BD. OF CTY. COM'RS OF CTY., ETC. v. Ridenour
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1981-02-03· cited 11×
• Van Horn v. William Blanchard Co.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1980-04-03· cited 7×
• MacLachlan v. Brotherhood Oil Corp.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-06-04· cited 6×
• Saunders v. Goodman
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1979-11-06· cited 5×

Cites

1 case in this archive is cited by this case.

• Graci v. Damon
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1978-03-27· cited 39×