Miller v. Quarles

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that a defendant-agent must take “positive” action in order to be held negligent
• noting a principal is liable to the other contracting party for the failure of its agent to perform a contract
• Supreme Court found a corporate vice president, acting as an agent of the corporation, jointly and severally liable for negligent performance of a contract
• “an agent has a tort liability for injuries to a third party resulting from the agent’s negligent act while acting within the scope of his employment by the principal”
• \Both principal and agent are jointly liable to injured third parties for the agent's negligent performance of his common law duty of reasonable care under the circumstances.\
• “An agent has a tort liability for injuries to a third party resulting from the agent’s negligent act while acting within the scope of his employment by the principal.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnson v. Raviotta
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-06-07· cited 51×
• KMK Factoring, L.L.C. v. McKnew (In Re McKnew)
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-11-02· cited 48×
• Gerald M. Moore and Son, Inc. v. Drewry
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1996-03-01· cited 33×
• Linnin v. Michielsens
  E.D. Virginia· 2005-06-01· cited 33×
• Airlines Reporting Corp. v. Pishvaian
  E.D. Virginia· 2001-08-08· cited 20×
• Cardinal Holding Co. v. Deal
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-11-05· cited 14×
• Beaudoin v. Sites
  E.D. Virginia· 1995-05-30· cited 11×
• McFarland v. Virginia Retirement Services of Chesterfield, L.L.C.
  E.D. Virginia· 2007-03-06· cited 10×
• Allard v. Laroya
  E.D. Virginia· 2016-02-05· cited 10×
• PTS CORP. v. Buckman
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-04-19· cited 8×
• Frederick H. Quarles v. Hugh O. Miller Lawrence W. Burks
  Fourth Circuit· 1996-06-10· cited 7×
• Harris v. Morrison, Inc.
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1993-12-22· cited 7×
• Yarney v. Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC
  W.D. Virginia· 2013-03-08· cited 7×
• 313 Freemason v. Freemason Assocs., Inc.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-08-30· cited 6×
• Gonella v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2004-03-15· cited 6×
• P & T Associates v. Paciulli, Simmons & Associates, Ltd.
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1992-04-30· cited 3×
• Filak v. George
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-05-24· cited 3×
• Allaun v. Scott
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-09-19· cited 3×
• Hemeon v. Petro-Tech, Inc.
  Loudoun County Circuit Court· 1993-09-02· cited 2×
• Ripley Heatwole Co. v. John E. Hall Electrical Contractor, Inc.
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2005-08-24· cited 2×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kamlar Corp. v. Haley
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-01-21· cited 200×
• McLaughlin v. Siegel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-06-11· cited 47×
• Thurston Metals & Supply Co., Inc. v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-01-17· cited 32×
• Roughton Pontiac Corp. v. Alston
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-09-23· cited 23×
• Lough v. Price
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1934-01-11· cited 6×

Other cases named Miller v. Quarles

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Miller v. Quarles
  Charlottesville County Circuit Court· 1993-09-15