Keller v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that linkage between existence of legal duty and particular relationship of the parties is not required when the direct consequences of a negligent, affirmative act cause harm to another
• “[Linking the existence of legal duty to a particular relationship between the parties is not an unwavering requirement for all negligence torts.”
• “[L]inking the existence of legal duty to a particular relationship between the parties is not an unwavering requirement for all negligence torts.”
• discussing common-law distinction between misfeasance and non-feasance

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Marcus v. Young
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-09-20· cited 94×
• Kelly v. Sinclair Oil Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-10-16· cited 70×
• Kolbe v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-04-25· cited 56×
• West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. v. Iowa Iron Works, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-07-21· cited 43×
• Dettmann v. Kruckenberg
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2000-07-06· cited 43×
• Wetherbee v. Economy Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-11-24· cited 38×
• Theresa Huck v. Wyeth, Inc. D/B/A Wyeth Schwarz Pharma, Inc. and Pliva, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-07-11· cited 37×
• Des Moines Register & Tribune Co. v. Dwyer
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-01-17· cited 25×
• Richards v. Midland Brick Sales Co.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1996-05-31· cited 24×
• Burton v. Des Moines Metropolitan Transit Authority
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-04-26· cited 23×
• Mewes v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INS. CO., INC.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-04-26· cited 20×
• Fiala v. Rains
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-07-27· cited 15×
• Ciha v. Irons
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-12-22· cited 15×
• DeVetter v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-05-25· cited 13×
• Schmidt v. Mahoney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-04-02· cited 12×
• Kolbe v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-05-07· cited 10×
• Bohan v. Hogan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-07-23· cited 8×
• Knake v. King
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-11-25· cited 7×
• Ries v. Steffensmeier
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-10-22· cited 6×
• Bradley v. West Sioux Community School Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-01-19· cited 6×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Wilson v. Nepstad
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-07-25· cited 94×
• Engstrom v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-09-19· cited 68×
• Sankey v. Richenberger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-05-23· cited 67×
• Hubbard v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1969-01-14· cited 58×
• Adam v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-01-15· cited 28×
• City of Eldridge v. Caterpillar Tractor Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1978-10-18· cited 25×
• Adam v. Mount Pleasant Bank & Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-11-23· cited 23×
• Alden v. Genie Industries
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-09-18· cited 20×