Houston v. Adams

How courts have described this case

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• holding that instruction should only be used in the most exceptional circumstances such as an unanticipated heart attack
• holding that instruction should only be used in the most exceptional circumstances such as an unanticipated heart attack
• noting that instruction may be appropriate when driver with no prior history of coronary disease suffers a sudden heart attack
• noting that instruction may be appropriate when driver with no prior history of coronary disease suffers a sudden heart attack
• holding unavoidable accident instruction permitted in most exceptional circumstances such as unanticipated heart attack
• holding unavoidable accident instruction permitted in most exceptional circumstances such as unanticipated heart attack

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Cited by

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

• Reinhart v. Young
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 191×
• Evans v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-05-16· cited 25×
• Woodhouse Ex Rel. Woodhouse v. Johnson
  Utah Supreme Court· 1968-01-18· cited 18×
• Simmons v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1973-09-17· cited 16×
• Rogers v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-11-13· cited 13×
• Evans v. Allwhite
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2003-07-16· cited 10×
• Oklahoma Tire & Supply v. Bass
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1966-03-21· cited 10×
• Smith v. Canevary
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-12-12· cited 8×
• Rhoden v. Lovelady
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1965-11-22· cited 7×
• Burton v. Bingham
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1965-05-10· cited 6×
• Burdette v. Madison
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1986-11-17· cited 6×
• Lewis v. Crockett
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1967-11-06· cited 4×
• Cannor v. Cooper
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1968-10-21· cited 4×
• Garrett v. Puckett
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1972-03-27· cited 4×
• Ward v. Lamb
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1966-05-16· cited 3×
• Donald Martin v. Eric Higgins, as Sheriff of Pulaski County, Ar
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2024-01-10· cited 3×
• Vann v. Cook
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2000-05-24· cited 2×
• Stowe v. Bowlin
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1976-02-02· cited 2×
• Yarnell Ice Cream Co. v. Williamson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1968-05-21· cited 1×
• Moore v. Rye
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1973-11-05· cited 1×

Other cases named Houston v. Adams

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Houston v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1923-03-12· cited 15×
• Houston v. Adams
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1924-06-15