Morris v. JTM Materials, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that, because JTM did not assert in summary judgment motion that it was not interstate motor carrier, appellate court could not consider that contention as basis for affirming summary judgment
• holding that the proximate cause element of negligence includes foreseeability
• recognizing motor carrier has a duty, in qualifying the drivers who would transport materials for it, to take reasonable precautions to prevent injury to the public by those drivers
• recognizing motor carrier has a duty, in qualifying the drivers who would transport materials for it, to take reasonable precautions to prevent injury to the public by those drivers
• holding that the proximate cause element of negligence includes foreseeability
• holding that the proximate cause element of negligence includes foreseeability

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Primrose Operating Co. v. National American Insurance
  Fifth Circuit· 2004-08-23· cited 311×
• Cotten v. Weatherford Bancshares, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-03-02· cited 162×
• Stephens v. Dolcefino
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2003-10-02· cited 113×
• Dangerfield v. Ormsby
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2008-08-14· cited 87×
• De Tamez v. Southwestern Motor Transport, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 2004-12-08· cited 77×
• Wayne Wright, Individually, and Wayne Wright, LLP, D/B/A Wayne Wright Injury Lawyers v. Erika v. Hernandez
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 2015-07-20· cited 63×
• Doe v. TEXAS ASS'N OF SCHOOL BOARDS, INC.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2009-05-07· cited 55×
• Gonzalez v. Ramirez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2015-05-08· cited 49×
• TXI Transportation Co. v. Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-24· cited 47×
• Minter v. Great American Insurance Co. of New York
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-08-23· cited 43×
• Hogan v. J. Higgins Trucking, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2006-07-26· cited 42×
• Crocker v. Morales-Santana
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2014-09-29· cited 41×
• THI OF TEXAS AT LUBBOCK I, LLC v. Perea
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2010-07-28· cited 40×
• Jackson v. Wise
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 2018-04-13· cited 36×
• Phillips v. Super Services Holdings, LLC
  S.D. Texas· 2016-05-26· cited 35×
• Knight v. City Streets, L.L.C.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2005-06-28· cited 34×
• Ogg v. Dillard's, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-11-09· cited 32×
• Ten Hagen Excavating, Inc. v. Jose Castro-Lopez and Lorena Castro
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2016-08-29· cited 30×
• Sharpless v. Sim
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-01-09· cited 28×
• Martinez v. Hays Construction, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2011-05-12· cited 23×

Cites

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

• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-01· cited 7,748×
• Coker v. Coker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1983-05-04· cited 2,505×
• Science Spectrum, Inc. v. Martinez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-04-18· cited 1,594×
• KPMG Peat Marwick v. Harrison County Housing Finance Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-03-25· cited 1,451×
• Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-04-21· cited 1,362×
• Centeq Realty, Inc. v. Siegler
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-05-25· cited 1,282×
• Doe v. Boys Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 1,206×
• Helena Chemical Co. v. Wilkins
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 1,137×
• Star-Telegram, Inc. v. Doe
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-03-07· cited 986×
• Greater Houston Transportation Co. v. Phillips
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-01-30· cited 950×
• Ryland Group, Inc. v. Hood
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-12· cited 903×
• Leitch v. Hornsby
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-12-13· cited 889×
• Lee Lewis Construction, Inc. v. Harrison
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-04-15· cited 754×
• City of Garland v. Dallas Morning News
  Texas Supreme Court· 2000-04-13· cited 638×
• DeWitt County Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Parks
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-10-21· cited 560×
• Harwell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-03-30· cited 559×
• Moore v. K Mart Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1998-07-27· cited 549×
• Jackson v. Fiesta Mart, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1998-10-29· cited 477×
• Szczepanik v. First Southern Trust Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-02· cited 459×
• Operation Rescue-National v. Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-10-15· cited 413×