Mitchell v. Volkswagenwerk, AG

How courts have described this case

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

• “No one disputes under settled tort principles that a tortfeasor causing the original collision may be jointly and severally liable for the whole of the damage, that is, the entire verdict, even though the original collision may not have caused all of the damage.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gaylon Hofer v. Mack Trucks, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-02-02· cited 331×
• Jerry M. BASS; Bonnie Bass, Appellees, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Appellant
  Eighth Circuit· 1998-07-24· cited 123×
• Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1997-12-05· cited 104×
• Sumnicht v. Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1984-12-21· cited 98×
• Holly Shipp v. General Motors Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-01-14· cited 87×
• In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2005-04-20· cited 64×
• Kudlacek v. Fiat S.P.A.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1994-01-07· cited 55×
• Green v. General Motors Corp.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1998-03-18· cited 53×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-01-19· cited 52×
• Lally v. Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1998-08-18· cited 42×
• Harsh v. Petroll
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-12-10· cited 41×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 13,983 Kenneth Depaepe v. General Motors Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-09-14· cited 38×
• General Motors Corp. v. Farnsworth
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-10-16· cited 38×
• Harsh v. Petroll
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-23· cited 35×
• Tracy v. Cottrell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1999-11-12· cited 34×
• Czarnecki v. Volkswagen of America
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1991-12-31· cited 31×
• Unnamed case
  Eighth Circuit· 1982-02-08· cited 29×
• Trull v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2000-09-28· cited 28×
• LaHue v. General Motors Corp.
  W.D. Missouri· 1989-07-05· cited 27×
• Craigie v. General Motors Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1990-06-08· cited 24×

Cites

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

• Erling David Larsen v. General Motors Corporation, a Delaware Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1968-03-11· cited 413×
• Huddell v. Levin
  Third Circuit· 1976-05-05· cited 231×
• Christianson v. Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1896-12-28· cited 182×
• Robert L. Turcotte, Administrator of the Estate of Gerard P. Turcotte v. Ford Motor Company
  First Circuit· 1974-04-08· cited 98×
• Gertz v. Campbell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1973-09-25· cited 97×
• Maddux v. Donaldson
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1961-02-28· cited 92×
• Chrysler Corp. v. Todorovich
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1978-06-22· cited 91×
• Fox v. Ford Motor Co.
  Tenth Circuit· 1978-04-13· cited 83×
• Horn v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 76×
• Turi Caiazzo and Frank Caiazzo v. Volkswagenwerk A. G., and Volkswagen of America, Inc., Bruce Beard Volkswagen, Inc. And James Valentine
  Second Circuit· 1981-04-02· cited 74×
• Grady Michael Higginbotham, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Appellant-Cross John Henry Lee and Veronica P. Lee
  Fifth Circuit· 1976-10-14· cited 72×
• Gilson v. Mitchell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-02-27· cited 72×
• Flom v. Flom
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-01-25· cited 68×
• Anderson v. Minneapolis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1920-09-17· cited 66×
• Terry Lee Stonehocker v. General Motors Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 1978-11-17· cited 65×
• Mitchell v. Gilson
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1975-01-08· cited 63×
• Mathews v. Mills
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1970-07-10· cited 59×
• Ford Motor Company, a Corporation v. Marvin D. Zahn
  Eighth Circuit· 1959-04-16· cited 58×
• Zinnel v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1925-12-07· cited 56×
• Ruud v. Grimm
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1961-08-15· cited 50×