Lemond Const. Co. v. Wheeler

How courts have described this case

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

• holding minor son’s intentional participation in illegal joy ride that led to his death did not preclude father from maintaining wrongful death action against construction company
• stating that it is well established that the question of proximate cause is almost always a question of fact to be determined by the jury and that the question must go to the jury if reasonable inferences from the evidence support the plaintiff's claim
• $3,500,000 award for wrongful death from vehicular collision affirmed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Bell v. T.R. Miller Company, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 39×
• Norris v. City of Montgomery
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2001-08-31· cited 32×
• State v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2013-03-19· cited 32×
• Tillis Trucking Co., Inc. v. Moses
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-11-12· cited 28×
• Cherokee Elec. Co-Op. v. Cochran
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1997-12-12· cited 24×
• Gowens v. Tys. S. Ex Rel. Davis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-05-03· cited 23×
• Dixon v. BD. OF WATER & SEWER COM'RS
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2003-03-14· cited 20×
• Patton v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2006-11-09· cited 18×
• Thyssenkrupp Steel USA, LLC v. United Forming, Inc.
  S.D. Alabama· 2013-01-29· cited 18×
• Thompson v. Patton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2008-10-10· cited 17×
• Swanstrom v. Teledyne Continental Motors, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2009-11-20· cited 10×
• State v. Williams
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2011-12-14· cited 10×
• Flemister v. General Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-10-30· cited 5×
• Pearson v. Norfolk-Southern Railway, Co.
  M.D. Alabama· 1998-03-04· cited 5×
• Clayton Ex Rel. Clayton v. Fargason
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1999-02-26· cited 3×
• Taylor v. Huntsville City Board of Education
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 2013-08-16· cited 3×
• In re Old Carco LLC
  S.D. New York· 2018-11-01· cited 3×
• In re Tylenol (Acetaminophen) Marketing, Sales Practices & Products Liability Litigation
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2015-11-13· cited 2×
• Miller v. Pettibone Corp.
  Court of Civil Appeals of Alabama· 1996-01-05· cited 1×
• State v. J.Z.S.
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 2000-05-12· cited 1×

Cites

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

• Pacific Mutual Life Insurance v. Haslip
  Supreme Court· 1991-03-04· cited 1,406×
• Hammond v. City of Gadsden
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1986-07-11· cited 414×
• Green Oil Co. v. Hornsby
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-01-13· cited 337×
• Insurance Co. v. Dutcher
  Supreme Court· 1877-11-12· cited 222×
• Hunt v. Blasius
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1978-12-04· cited 209×
• Black Belt Wood Co., Inc. v. Sessions
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-06-30· cited 82×
• Tatum v. Schering Corp.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1988-03-18· cited 73×
• Continental Eagle Corp. v. Mokrzycki
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-11-25· cited 72×
• Deaton, Inc. v. Burroughs
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-09-07· cited 71×
• INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL AND FIBERGLASS CORP. v. Chandler
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-01-16· cited 71×
• Kennedy Elec. Co. v. Moore-Handley, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1983-07-08· cited 68×
• Alabama Power Co. v. Turner
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1991-01-11· cited 63×
• Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Co. v. Yeldell
  Supreme Court· 1927-04-11· cited 61×
• K.S. v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-04-02· cited 59×
• Stinson v. Acme Propane Gas Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1980-12-05· cited 49×
• Land & Associates, Inc. v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-12-22· cited 44×
• Garner v. Covington County
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1993-06-25· cited 42×
• Della Ratta, Inc. v. American Better Community Developers, Inc.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1977-12-07· cited 42×
• City of Montgomery v. Maull
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-04-01· cited 36×
• General Motors Corp. v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1992-01-24· cited 36×