Newell v. Riggins

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that whether driver who fell asleep, causing accident, was civilly liable to passenger under statute requiring proof of gross negligence, a lower standard than criminal negligence, was question for fact finder
• in civil context, observing “fact that [a driver] who permits himself to go to sleep while driving is sufficient to make out a prima facie case of want of due and proper care”
• in civil context, observing \fact that [a driver] who permits himself to go to sleep while driving is sufficient to make out a prima facie case of want of due and proper care\

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Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Conrad v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-11-30· cited 45×
• Davis v. Sykes
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1961-09-08· cited 28×
• Akin v. Estate of Hill
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1968-05-11· cited 28×
• Thomas James Price v. Glosson Motor Lines, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1975-02-06· cited 25×
• Hodges v. Ladd
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1960-05-23· cited 16×
• Hargrove v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-07-31· cited 16×
• Dodrill v. Young
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1958-04-01· cited 14×
• Smith, Ex'r v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-04-26· cited 8×
• Helms v. Leonard
  W.D. Virginia· 1959-01-23· cited 7×
• Clayton v. Bartoszewski
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1964-03-04· cited 5×
• Thompson v. Letourneau
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1957-12-02· cited 4×
• Ketchmark v. Lindauer, Adm'r
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1956-04-23· cited 3×
• Conrad v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1999-05-11· cited 3×
• Perry v. Riley
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1960-05-17
• Raleigh County Bank v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co.
  S.D. West Virginia· 1964-01-16
• Rachel Virk v. Gary L. Clements
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2024-08-13

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Altman v. Aronson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1919-01-04· cited 283×
• Massie v. Firmstone
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1922-11-16· cited 201×
• Blood v. Adams
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-12-31· cited 50×
• Steele v. Crocker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1951-01-15· cited 40×
• Chappell v. White
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1944-05-04· cited 37×
• Crew v. Nelson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-09-08· cited 32×
• Boward v. Leftwich
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-09-14· cited 31×
• Thornhill v. Thornhill
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-04-10· cited 31×
• Kennedy v. McElroy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-05-03· cited 27×
• G. Crabtree v. E. Dingus & T. Salyers
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-01-26· cited 22×
• Garst v. Obenchain
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-01-17· cited 21×
• Wright v. Osborne
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1940-06-10· cited 21×
• Reel v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1948-04-26· cited 20×
• Jones v. Pasco
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1942-01-19· cited 17×
• Lennon v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-06-12· cited 12×
• Lipscomb v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1943-04-26· cited 10×
• Lee v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-06-10· cited 6×