O'BRIEN v. Island Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming summary judgment dismissing § 324A claim due to lack of undertaking and lack of reliance
• affirming summary judgment dismissing § 324A claim due to lack of undertaking and lack of reliance
• “The failure of plaintiff to object to the absence of an instruction on breach of warranty and strict liability also precludes review by this Court.”
• we must presume legislature did not intend to overturn a long-established principle of law unless such an intention is clear
• defendant did not “undertake” to assume plaintiff’s duty, as required by § 324A of Restatement (Second) of Torts, because it “did not contract or promise to inspect the premises”
• if no objection made to admission of testimony, issue is not before Court on review

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shields v. Gerhart
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-01-27· cited 94×
• Sabia v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-10-30· cited 85×
• Kennery v. State of Vermont, Valcourt, LaBombard and Other Members of the Dept. of Public Safety
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2011-11-23· cited 34×
• Dalmer v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2002-08-15· cited 23×
• Delozier v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1993-04-30· cited 21×
• Munson v. City of South Burlington
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-02· cited 17×
• Rhodes v. Town of Georgia
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1997-01-10· cited 15×
• Justis v. Rist
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-09-18· cited 15×
• MacDonald v. Roderick
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1992-01-03· cited 14×
• State v. Forcier
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-05-20· cited 14×
• Imported Car Center, Inc. v. Billings
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-10-28· cited 12×
• Sauve v. Winfree
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-08-20· cited 6×
• In re D.C.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-04-14· cited 4×
• In Re M.S.D.D., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2009-07-15· cited 1×
• In Re DC
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-04-14
• Bank of America, N.A. v. Morganbesser
  Vermont Superior Court· 2013-01-18
• In re J.B.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-09-26
• Wheeler Parcel Act 250 Determination - Decision on Merits
  Vermont Superior Court· 2024-08-02

Cites

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

• Panaroni v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1969-04-01· cited 140×
• Sargent v. Ross
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1973-07-31· cited 120×
• Audrey Whetzel, Frederick Whetzel, Jr., and Frederick Whetzel v. Jess Fisher Management Co.
  D.C. Circuit· 1960-09-14· cited 65×
• State v. Francis
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1989-02-10· cited 58×
• Livaditis v. American Casualty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-02-09· cited 51×
• Burnette v. Wahl
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1978-12-29· cited 43×
• Favreau v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1991-03-29· cited 41×
• Smith v. Day
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-11-20· cited 39×
• Derosia v. Liberty Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1990-09-21· cited 39×
• Bauman v. Crawford
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-08-08· cited 36×
• In Re Johnston
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-01-04· cited 34×
• State v. Kreth
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1988-09-16· cited 31×
• Beaulac v. Robie
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1917-10-02· cited 31×
• Slayton v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-07-14· cited 28×
• Cameron v. Abatiell
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1968-04-02· cited 21×
• Boe v. Healy
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1969-06-12· cited 20×
• William N. Rimer v. Rockwell International Corporation
  Sixth Circuit· 1981-02-19· cited 19×
• Ford v. Ja-Sin
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1980-09-05· cited 16×
• Morningstar v. Strich
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1950-01-09· cited 15×
• Dahle v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-09-26· cited 15×