Kolbe v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• in a negligence action, “[tjhe existence of a legal duty is a question of law”
• third element of a negligence cause of action is that the breach of duty proximately caused the plaintiffs inju- ríes
• in addition to a legal duty, the plaintiff in a negligence action must show breach of duty, that the breach proximately caused his injuries, and the amount of damages
• breach of duty is the second element of a negligence cause of action

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Eischeid v. Dover Construction, Inc.
  N.D. Iowa· 2003-08-25· cited 18×
• Chapman v. Labone
  S.D. Iowa· 2006-09-18· cited 14×
• Cichos v. Dakota Eye Institute, P.C.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2019-09-24· cited 2×
• Two Eagle v. Avel Ecare
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2025-02-05· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-04-22
• Dena Jean Blazek, Administrator of the Estate of Adam William Blazek, Dena Jean Blazek, Individually, and as Next Friend of C.B. and A.B. v. City of Nevada and City of Nevada, Iowa Employees Doe
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2019-08-07
• Tracy Even and All Purpose Storage, LLC v. Title Services Corporation
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2022-06-29
• Medina v. Pillemer
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-07-29

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Webb v. Jarvis
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 485×
• Praesel v. Johnson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-06-23· cited 152×
• Doe v. McKay
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 78×
• 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×
• Freese v. Lemmon
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-09-19· cited 55×
• J.A.H. ex rel. R.M.H. v. Wadle & Associates, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-02-17· cited 51×
• Leonard v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-09-23· cited 49×
• CROSBY BY CROSBY v. Sultz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-19· cited 42×
• Cram v. Howell
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1997-05-30· cited 33×
• Keller v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-09-19· cited 29×
• Mason v. Schweizer Aircraft Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2002-11-14· cited 27×
• Schmidt v. Mahoney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-04-02· cited 12×
• Estate of Witthoeft v. Kiskaddon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-15· cited 3×