Holcomb v. TWR Express, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “An inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”
• “An inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”
• “A person who is illiterate in the English language is not automatically excused from complying with the terms of a contract simply because he or she could not read it.”
• “A party who executes a contract is presumed to know its contents and to assent to them. . . . [and] [a]n inability to understand the English language, without more, is insufficient to avoid this general rule.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rivera v. Fenix Car Service Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-02-01· cited 25×
• Wells Fargo Bank, Natl. Assn. v. Hyun Jung Kim
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2020-12-30· cited 24×
• Saleem v. Corporate Transportation Group, Ltd.
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-16· cited 20×
• Nerey v. Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2016-11-02· cited 18×
• Prompt Mortgage Providers of North America, LLC v. Zarour
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-11-15· cited 17×
• Golden Stone Trading, Inc. v. Wayne ElecTro System, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-11-10· cited 15×
• Barak v. Chen
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-09-13· cited 13×
• Chaouni v. Ali
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-04-02· cited 10×
• Myskina v. Condé Nast Publications, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2005-07-12· cited 9×
• Prompt Mortgage Providers of North America, LLC v. Zarour
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2017-03-08· cited 6×
• Wecker v. Crossland Group, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2012-02-21· cited 6×
• Abdulayev v. Yadgarov
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-04-17· cited 5×
• Long v. Amway Corp.
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-01-30· cited 5×
• Pinto v. TWR Express Corp.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-10-03· cited 4×
• Fuentes v. Aluskewicz
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-01-26· cited 3×
• Rivera v. Fenix Car Service Corp.
  New York Supreme Court· 2010-05-25· cited 2×
• Buck Constr. & Dev., Inc. v. Hetzel
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2018-10-17
• In re the Estate of Abady
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2010-08-03
• Whitby v. Whitby
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2013-05-01
• Fruit & Vegetable Supreme, Inc. v. Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection & Insurance
  New York Supreme Court· 2010-07-07

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shklovskiy v. Khan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-06-19· cited 56×
• Sofio v. Hughes
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1990-06-11· cited 53×
• Abouzeid v. Grgas
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-06-10· cited 33×
• Maines Paper & Food Service, Inc. v. Adel
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-12-10· cited 30×
• In re the Claim of Pavan
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-05-16· cited 15×
• Irrutia v. Terrero
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1996-05-06· cited 14×
• Choung v. Allstate Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2001-05-14· cited 10×
• In re the Claim of Rukh
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1994-10-20· cited 9×
• Devlin v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1998-10-01· cited 8×
• In re the Claim of Jarzabek
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-03-07· cited 8×