Growth Properties I v. Cannon

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the essence of the tort of outrage is injury to the plaintiffs emotional well-being
• owners of a cemetery drove heavy equipment across several grave sites and exposed the vaults of plaintiffs’ deceased relatives
• cemetery owner’s actions in running heavy construction equipment over burial plots in such a way as to damage and expose burial vaults, including the vault belonging to plaintiffs’ loved ones, caused “severe mental anguish and distress” to the plaintiffs
• construction of temporary access road over graves

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sterling Drug, Inc. v. Oxford
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-01-19· cited 175×
• Crockett v. Essex
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-06-08· cited 68×
• Angle v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1997-06-02· cited 64×
• Whitt v. Hulsey
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-12-11· cited 52×
• Croom v. Younts
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1996-01-16· cited 45×
• Bennett v. 3 C Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1989-03-13· cited 38×
• Hess v. Treece
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-07-15· cited 38×
• Bell v. McManus
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1988-01-19· cited 30×
• Alpha Zeta Chapter of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-11-23· cited 29×
• Ross v. Patterson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1991-10-28· cited 27×
• Travelers Insurance v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1999-06-10· cited 25×
• Rees v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-04-02· cited 21×
• Calvary Christian School, Inc. v. Huffstuttler
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2006-06-29· cited 21×
• Cannady v. St. Vincent Infirmary Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2018-02-08· cited 19×
• Kiersey v. Jeffrey
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2007-03-15· cited 17×
• Dowty v. Riggs
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2010-12-02· cited 17×
• Aon Risk Services v. Mickles
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2006-11-01· cited 9×
• Peoples Bank & Trust Co. v. Globe International, Inc.
  W.D. Arkansas· 1992-02-21· cited 6×
• Gray Brown-Service Mortuary, Inc. v. Lloyd
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-01-15· cited 5×
• Poindexter v. Armstrong
  W.D. Arkansas· 1994-12-19· cited 4×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• MBM Co., Inc. v. Counce
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-03-24· cited 180×
• Charlie Stuart Oldsmobile, Inc. v. Smith
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1976-11-22· cited 65×
• Peugh v. Oliger
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1961-03-20· cited 50×
• Miller v. Blanton
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1948-04-12· cited 49×
• Givens v. Hixson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1982-03-29· cited 46×
• Dalrymple v. Fields
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1982-05-24· cited 41×
• Southern Farm Bureau Casualty Insurance v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1969-05-05· cited 38×
• Williams v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1978-04-24· cited 38×
• Texarkana Gas & Electric Light Co. v. Orr
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1894-06-09· cited 33×
• Joseph A. Orlando and Anna L. Orlando v. Tony Alamo, Susan Alamo and the Tony and Susan Alamo Foundation
  Eighth Circuit· 1981-04-24· cited 27×
• Vogler v. O'NEAL
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1956-11-26· cited 24×
• Rogers v. Williard
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1920-06-28· cited 23×
• Erwin v. Milligan
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1934-01-22· cited 22×
• Wilson v. Wilkins
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1930-03-03· cited 19×
• Geyer v. Western Union Telegraph Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1936-04-13· cited 13×
• Davis v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1905-07-22· cited 11×
• Dale v. Sutton
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1981-07-20· cited 11×
• Williams v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1974-04-22· cited 7×
• Lyons v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1928-03-19· cited 6×
• Shuffield v. Hunter
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 1980-04-16· cited 3×