Koutoufaris v. Dick

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that secondary assumption of the risk as a complete bar to recovery is inconsistent with comparative negligence
• stating that “[o]rdinarily, disputed questions of control between distinct entities are best reserved for jury determination”
• affmning that Fell v. zzmazh, 575 A.2d 267 (Del. Super. 1989) correctly states Delaware law
• stating that secondary assumption of risk, or other forms of plaintiff negligence, “to a level greater than a defendant’s primary negligence, may constitute proximate cause sufficient to bar recovery”
• finding that a landowner’s “actual control of the premises is a sufficient basis for positing a claim by a business invitee even if that control were shared jointly, with another party . . . .”
• discussing the impact of the comparative negligence statute on traditional assumption of the risk analysis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Del Lago Partners, Inc. v. Smith
  Texas Supreme Court· 2010-04-02· cited 485×
• O'Sullivan v. Shaw
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-04-13· cited 146×
• TXI Operations, L.P. v. Perry
  Texas Supreme Court· 2009-02-27· cited 84×
• Seward v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1999-01-22· cited 66×
• Eskin v. Carden
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-02-13· cited 57×
• Stoltz Management Co. v. Consumer Affairs Board
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-10-19· cited 53×
• Wright v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-05-19· cited 50×
• Bill's Dollar Store, Inc. v. Bean
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2002-04-11· cited 42×
• New Haverford Partnership v. Stroot
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2001-05-08· cited 42×
• Eiselein v. K-Mart, Inc.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1994-02-08· cited 32×
• John Fritz v. William Yeager
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2002-02-12· cited 28×
• Spencer v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2007-06-18· cited 28×
• General Motors Corp. v. Grenier
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2009-08-24· cited 22×
• Ted Mark Monk v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority Quality Electric Supply Company
  Third Circuit· 1995-04-20· cited 21×
• Storm v. NSL ROCKLAND PLACE, LLC
  Superior Court of Delaware· 2005-12-29· cited 21×
• Laws v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-05-12· cited 17×
• Helm v. 206 Massachusetts Avenue, LLC
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2014-12-19· cited 15×
• Monk v. Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
  Third Circuit· 1994-12-05· cited 15×
• Patton v. Simone
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1992-12-08· cited 13×
• Dunn v. Riley
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2004-12-01· cited 12×

Cites

51 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ward v. K Mart Corp.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1990-04-18· cited 673×
• Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos
  Supreme Court· 1981-04-21· cited 649×
• Carrender v. Fitterer
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-14· cited 317×
• Jardel Co., Inc. v. Hughes
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1987-03-23· cited 198×
• Antonio Napoli v. (Transpacific Carriers Corp. And Universal Cargo Carriers, Inc.) Hellenic Lines, Ltd.
  Second Circuit· 1976-05-25· cited 121×
• Diamond State Telephone Co. v. University of Delaware
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1970-07-16· cited 119×
• Culver v. Bennett
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1991-03-21· cited 98×
• Woolston v. Wells
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1984-08-14· cited 94×
• Weber v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1988-08-23· cited 89×
• Harrison v. Taylor
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1989-01-17· cited 87×
• O'DONNELL v. City of Casper
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 87×
• Storey v. Camper
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1979-03-30· cited 84×
• Gay v. Ocean Transport & Trading, Ltd.
  Fifth Circuit· 1977-02-11· cited 82×
• Cox v. JC Penney Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1987-12-15· cited 72×
• Hammond v. Allegretti
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1974-06-06· cited 72×
• Fiduciary Trust Co. v. Fiduciary Trust Co.
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1982-04-20· cited 70×
• Hanson v. Town & Country Shopping Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1966-09-20· cited 64×
• Kremer v. Carr's Food Center, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1969-12-22· cited 56×
• Joseph Anuszewski and Ronald Gutowski v. Dynamic Mariners Corp., Panama
  Fourth Circuit· 1976-09-08· cited 54×
• Mitchell v. Ankney
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1986-11-19· cited 50×