Olson v. Ford Motor Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that our role is not to challenge the wisdom of the legislature, but “to give effect to its will as expressed in the unambiguous language of the statute”
• “Our role, in any case, is not to challenge the wisdom of the legislature’s act from a distance, but rather to give effect to its will as expressed in the ... statute.”
• statute barring seat belt evidence in “any litigation involving personal injuries or property damage” barred evidence in an action 9 alleging that the seat belt was defective (citation omitted) (internal quotation marks omitted)
• discussing need to avoid absurd result

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Cited by

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

• Stokes v. Montana Thirteenth Judicial District Court
  Montana Supreme Court· 2011-08-01· cited 92×
• Rohmiller v. Hart
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-02-29· cited 70×
• Lovett v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-03-13· cited 58×
• Marriage of Rubey v. Vannett
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2006-05-04· cited 46×
• State of Minnesota, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. Bonnie Ann Lindquist, Appellant/Cross-Respondent.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2015-08-19· cited 42×
• Estep v. Mike Ferrell Ford Lincoln-Mercury, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-01-09· cited 39×
• Bishop v. Takata Corp.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 2000-09-26· cited 36×
• Chapman v. Commissioner of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2002-08-29· cited 35×
• Occhino v. Grover
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2002-03-12· cited 35×
• In Re the Welfare of the Child of D.L.D.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2009-09-01· cited 35×
• Hyatt v. Anoka Police Department
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2005-02-10· cited 35×
• Grozdanich v. Leisure Hills Health Center, Inc.
  D. Minnesota· 1998-09-30· cited 32×
• prod.liab.rep. (Cch) P 15,437 Jodi Michaelle Carlson v. Hyundai Motor Company Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1999-03-05· cited 28×
• Eischen Cabinet Co. v. Hildebrandt
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2004-07-29· cited 26×
• In re the Risk Level Determination of C.M.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-06-02· cited 20×
• Brooks v. Commissioner of Public Safety
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1998-09-22· cited 16×
• Caterpillar, Inc. v. Commissioner of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1997-09-11· cited 16×
• Jimenez Ex Rel. Estate of Jimenez v. Chrysler Corp.
  D. South Carolina· 1999-12-02· cited 14×
• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency v. Boyne
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-05-28· cited 13×
• Haghighi v. Russian-American Broadcasting Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1998-05-07· cited 12×

Cites

28 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×
• Daly v. General Motors Corp.
  California Supreme Court· 1978-03-16· cited 347×
• Gaylon Hofer v. Mack Trucks, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1993-02-02· cited 331×
• Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. v. Glyn-Jones
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-15· cited 209×
• Tuma v. Commissioner of Economic Security
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-05-09· cited 179×
• Lowe v. Estate Motors Ltd.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1987-08-04· cited 74×
• Seward v. Griffin
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1983-06-10· cited 64×
• Hickman v. Group Health Plan, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-10-24· cited 64×
• Wegener v. Commissioner of Revenue
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1993-11-10· cited 58×
• Romankewiz v. Black
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1969-02-25· cited 46×
• Matter of Harhut
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1986-04-11· cited 44×
• ESTATE OF JONES BY BLUME v. Kvamme
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-04-07· cited 38×
• Dahl v. Bayerische Motoren Werke
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1987-12-30· cited 36×
• Price v. Amdal
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-06-10· cited 33×
• Wilson v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 1978-03-03· cited 33×
• Lind v. Slowinski
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1990-01-16· cited 22×
• Yeager v. Chapman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1951-01-19· cited 21×
• Anker v. Little
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-12-19· cited 20×
• Glyn-Jones v. Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1993-05-21· cited 18×
• Waste Recovery Cooperative v. County of Hennepin
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1994-06-28· cited 16×

Other cases named Olson v. Ford Motor Co.

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Olson v. Ford Motor Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-12-13· cited 12×
• Olson v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. North Dakota· 2006-01-25· cited 3×
• Olson v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. North Dakota· 2006-01-25· cited 2×