John Crane, Inc. v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, in a case involving joint tortfeasors, trial court was not required to charge that each tortfeasor had to be a “substantial” contributing factor in producing the plaintiff s injuries in order to be considered a proximate cause of the injuries
• declining to diverge from longstanding negligence principles for public-policy reasons because the ordinary proximate-cause standard already addressed the relevant policy concerns
• declining to diverge from longstanding negligence principles for public-policy reasons because the ordinary proximate-cause standard already addressed the relevant policy concerns
• “the jury charge at issue would not have misled the jury into believing that it could award damages for a de minimis exposure to asbestos”
• “the jury charge at issue would not have misled the jury into believing that it could award damages for a de minimis exposure to asbestos”
• “[T]he jury charge [on ‘contributing factor’] would not have misled the jury into believing that it could award damages for a de minimus exposure to asbestos.” (Citation omitted)

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Rasnick v. Krishna Hospitality, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-05· cited 65×
• Butler v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2011-06-15· cited 41×
• Fireman's Fund Ins. Co. v. UNIV. OF GEORGIA ATHLETIC ASS'N, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-11-09· cited 35×
• Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2016-07-05· cited 31×
• Brooks v. Branch Banking & Trust Co.
  N.D. Georgia· 2015-05-28· cited 31×
• Fouch v. Bicknell Supply Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-21· cited 19×
• Underberg v. Southern Alarm, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-09· cited 18×
• Boswell v. Overhead Door Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-06-25· cited 13×
• Owens v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-17· cited 13×
• MAYNARD v. SNAPCHAT, INC
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2022-03-15· cited 12×
• Alexander v. A. Atlanta Autosave, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-03-09· cited 11×
• Perry v. Georgia Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-04-12· cited 6×
• Scapa Dryer Fabrics, Inc. v. Roy Knight
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2015-04-10· cited 6×
• Thompson v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2004-11-08· cited 3×
• John Crane, Inc. v. Highsmith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2004-11-24· cited 2×
• Putzel Electric Contractors v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2006-11-22· cited 2×
• Janet Lee Graham Stanley v. Floyd P. Garrett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-09-18
• Enrico Fouch v. Bicknell Supply Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2014-03-21
• Leisa Davis v. John Crane, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2019-10-29
• Lois J. Bowers, Personal Representative for the Estate of Luther E. Bowers v. Csx Transportation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2023-11-03

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Horton v. Harwick Chemical Corp.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1995-09-13· cited 900×
• Rutherford v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1997-08-28· cited 426×
• Lockwood v. a C & S, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1987-10-15· cited 212×
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers
  Supreme Court· 2003-03-10· cited 204×
• Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1920-09-17· cited 66×
• Johnson v. American National Red Cross
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2003-02-24· cited 46×
• Jeter v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-27· cited 39×
• Gooch v. Georgia Marble Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1921-04-16· cited 35×
• Polston v. Boomershine Pontiac-GMC Truck, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1992-12-03· cited 31×
• Grassis v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1991-05-30· cited 27×
• Jones v. NordicTrack, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2001-07-16· cited 25×
• Fulmore v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-21· cited 19×
• Borsheim v. Great Northern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1921-06-03· cited 8×
• John Crane, Inc. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-02· cited 5×

Other cases named John Crane, Inc. v. Jones

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• John Crane, Inc. v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2003-07-02· cited 5×