Leonard Ex Rel. Meyer v. Behrens

How courts have described this case

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

• holding, in a case of first impression, that paintball was a contact sport to which the recklessness standard applied, under the contact sports exception to the general rule- of negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Benjamin Feld, Larry Feld, And Judith Feld Vs. Luke Borkowski
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-10-22· cited 90×
• Spencer James Ludman v. Davenport Assumption High School
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-06-02· cited 26×
• Schneider Ex Rel. Schneider v. Erickson
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-12-17· cited 17×
• Schumacher v. Schumacher
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-03-30· cited 14×
• Nixon v. Clay
  Utah Supreme Court· 2019-07-11· cited 7×
• State in Interest of GC
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2003-04-11· cited 5×
• Madison v. IBP, Inc.
  S.D. Iowa· 1999-12-28· cited 5×
• C.J.R. v. G.A.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2014-12-08· cited 2×
• Amended July 31, 2017 Spencer James Ludman v. Davenport Assumption High School
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-06-02
• Shaw v. Martin
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2003-03-10
• Rose v. Oakland Healthcare Management, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-02-19
• Nedzad Mehmedovic as the Administrator of the Estate of Hus Hari Buljic and as the Administrator of the Estate of Sedika Buljic, Honario Garcia, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Reberiano Leno Garcia; and Arturo de Jesus Hernandez v. Tyson Foods, Inc., Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., John H. Tyson, Noel W. White, Dean Banks, Stephen R. Stouffer, Tom Brower, Tom Hart, Cody Brustkern, John Casey, Bret Tapken, James Hook, Doug White, Mary Jones and Debra Adams
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2025-05-23
• The Estate of Donnie Locklear Jr. v. Muscatine County, Sheriff Quinn Riess, Individually, Various John Does and Janes Does, Individually
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2026-04-15

Cites

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

• Marchetti v. Kalish
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-15· cited 196×
• Jaworski v. Kiernan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-06-17· cited 140×
• Balder v. Haley
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1987-01-09· cited 96×
• Nabozny v. Barnhill
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-23· cited 94×
• Pfister v. Shusta
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 81×
• Gauvin v. Clark
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-04-03· cited 81×
• Dale Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., and Charles \Booby\ Clark
  Tenth Circuit· 1979-06-11· cited 73×
• Coker v. Abell-Howe Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1992-09-23· cited 61×
• Lovick v. Wil-Rich
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1999-03-25· cited 51×
• Reddell v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1997-07-01· cited 49×
• Hoke v. Cullinan
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 43×
• Nichols v. Westfield Industries, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-11-13· cited 39×
• McGough v. Gabus
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-02-28· cited 38×
• Morris v. Leaf
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1995-07-19· cited 28×
• Keller v. Mols
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1987-05-27· cited 26×
• Phi Delta Theta Co. v. Moore
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 19×
• Dudley v. William Penn College
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-06-26· cited 19×
• Podraza v. City of Carter Lake
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-11-23· cited 18×
• Moore v. Phi Delta Theta Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1998-05-07· cited 18×
• Taylor v. Hesser
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 1998-09-15· cited 14×