Jorgensen v. Horton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that private safety codes are admissible as an exception to the hearsay rule on the basis of trustworthiness and necessity
• concluding industry standards are “not conclusive on the issue of negligence”
• concluding industry standards are “not conclusive on the issue of negligence”
• declining to find breach of private safety code to be negligence per se because the code did not have “the force of law”
• “Violation of standards in such [private safety] codes is evidence on the issue of negligence but not negligence per se.”
• “One may presume the due care of others until he knows or in the exercise of reasonable care should know otherwise.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International, Inc. and Courtyard Management Corporation D/B/A Quad Cities Courtyard by Marriott
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-06-10· cited 338×
• Muncie Aviation Corporation v. Party Doll Fleet, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1975-09-25· cited 173×
• Board of Water Works Trustees of the City of Des Moines, Iowa v. Alvord, Burdick & Howson and Dorr-Oliver, Incorporated
  Eighth Circuit· 1983-06-01· cited 75×
• Cedar Falls v. CEDAR FALLS SCHOOL DIST.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-09-07· cited 62×
• Evans v. Howard R. Green Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1975-07-31· cited 59×
• Porter v. Iowa Power and Light Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-04-24· cited 58×
• Kathryn Winger and Timothy Potts v. Cm Holdings, L.L.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-06-24· cited 48×
• Brown v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1980-09-30· cited 35×
• Ehlinger v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-01-21· cited 34×
• Zens v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 32×
• Menzel v. Morse
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-02-13· cited 32×
• Ruby Ex Rel. Ruby v. Easton
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-04-25· cited 30×
• Craven v. Oggero
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-12-19· cited 30×
• Griglione v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-12-21· cited 29×
• Caesar v. State
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1980-04-02· cited 23×
• Casey v. Koos
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-08-25· cited 21×
• Clausen v. R. W. Gilbert Construction Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-08-26· cited 17×
• Adam v. T. I. P. Rural Electric Cooperative
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-11-22· cited 16×
• Duke v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-06-28· cited 14×
• Piper, Jaffray & Hopwood Incorporated v. Ladin
  S.D. Iowa· 1975-08-26· cited 12×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rosenau Ex Rel. Rosenau v. City of Estherville
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-06-29· cited 107×
• Andrews v. Struble
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1970-06-23· cited 76×
• Nordstrom v. White Metal Rolling and Stamping Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-04-10· cited 61×
• Cronk v. Iowa Power and Light Company
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1965-12-14· cited 52×
• Martin v. Jaekel
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1971-06-17· cited 35×
• Bauman v. City of Waverly
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-02-11· cited 33×
• Elkader Cooperative Company v. Matt
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-02-21· cited 28×
• Appling Ex Rel. Preminger v. Stuck
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-02-11· cited 21×