Jennings v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• summary judgment reversed where evidence showed that defendant actively participated in supervising the concealment of construction defects
• corporate officer who participates in the commission of a tort by the corporation is personally liable
• “an officer of a corporation who takes no part in the commission of a tort committed by the corporation is not personally liable”
• “an officer of a corporation who takes no part in the commission of a tort committed by the corporation is not personally liable unless he specifically directed the particular act to be done.”
• If a jury found the corporation negligent in constructing or repairing the house, it could also find the appellee, a corporate officer, personally liable for such negligence because he specifically directed or participated in the construction and repairs.
• “an officer of a corporation who takes no part in the commission of a tort committed by the corporation is not personally liable unless he specifically directed the particular act to be done or participated or cooperated therein”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

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  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-03-29· cited 47×
• BTL COM LTD., CO. v. Vachon
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-16· cited 29×
• Almond v. McCranie
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-06· cited 26×
• Douglas v. Bigley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-03-08· cited 22×
• Beasley v. a Better Gas Co., Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-08-05· cited 19×
• Chemtall, Inc. v. Citi-Chem, Inc.
  S.D. Georgia· 1998-01-27· cited 19×
• DAVE LUCAS CO., INC. v. Lewis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-07-24· cited 14×
• Cushing v. Cohen
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16· cited 13×
• Alexander v. Hulsey Environmental Services, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2010-09-13· cited 12×
• Plane v. Uniforce MIS Services of Georgia, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-06-03· cited 9×
• Wilson v. Phillips
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-01-22· cited 9×
• Bo Phillips Company, Inc. v. R.L. King Properties, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2016-03-23· cited 9×
• Baja Props., LLC v. Mattera
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2018-03-09· cited 9×
• Reheis v. Baxley Creosoting & Osmose Wood Preserving Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-07-01· cited 8×
• Mitchell v. Gilwil Group, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-06-24· cited 7×
• Little Tree, Inc. v. Fields
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-09-13· cited 5×
• Runion v. Hofer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-08-15· cited 4×
• CEASAR Et Al. v. SHELTON
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-03-15· cited 3×
• Ali v. Fleet Finance, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-04-02· cited 3×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilhite v. Mays
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-12-03· cited 55×
• Ben Farmer Realty Co. v. Woodard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-01-28· cited 49×
• Cherry v. Ward
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-06-23· cited 23×
• Brown v. Rentz
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-03-04· cited 14×
• Weir v. McGill
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-03-18· cited 11×