Orkin Exterminating Co. v. Stevens

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a party may raise both a breach of contract and tort claim from a single act so long as that act violates a duty to the plaintiff independent of the contract

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• The Flintkote Company v. Dravo Corporation, Diamond Manufacturing Company, Inc. And B. F. Diamond Construction Company, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-14· cited 116×
• Sims v. American Casualty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-03-15· cited 96×
• Long v. Jim Letts Oldsmobile, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-06-11· cited 73×
• Imaging Systems International, Inc. v. Magnetic Resonance Plus, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1997-07-11· cited 61×
• Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc. v. Walters
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1984-07-24· cited 54×
• Charles O. Finley & Co., Inc. v. Bowie K. Kuhn
  Seventh Circuit· 1978-04-07· cited 53×
• Housing Authority of Atlanta v. Famble
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-03-29· cited 49×
• ServiceMaster Co., LP v. Martin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-11-15· cited 39×
• Sheppard v. Yara Engineering Corp.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1981-09-09· cited 36×
• McEver v. Planners & Engineers Collaborative, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2008-06-30· cited 35×
• Tate v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1979-01-29· cited 34×
• Johnson v. Citimortgage, Inc.
  N.D. Georgia· 2004-12-28· cited 34×
• Monitronics International, Inc. v. Veasley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2013-07-16· cited 33×
• Pycsa Panama, S.A. v. Tensar Earth Technologies, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2008-04-16· cited 32×
• Bowdish v. Johns Creek Associates
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-05-28· cited 28×
• Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. Coastal Transmission Service, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-07-14· cited 26×
• Brookview Holdings, LLC v. Suarez
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-29· cited 25×
• Fielbon Development Co. v. Colony Bank of Houston County
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2008-03-26· cited 24×
• Vallance & Co. v. De Anda
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-01-09· cited 24×
• Claxton v. Small Business Administration of the United States Government
  S.D. Georgia· 1981-10-30· cited 21×

Cites

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

• Harper v. DeFreitas
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-01-31· cited 141×
• Young Men's Christian Assn. v. Bailey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1965-10-29· cited 68×
• CHRYSLER MOTORS CORPORATION v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1970-03-10· cited 63×
• Hunter v. A-1 Bonding Service, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-09-20· cited 61×
• City & Suburban Railway v. Brauss
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1883-05-01· cited 51×
• Buffalo Insurance v. Star Photo Finishing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-11-24· cited 38×
• Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Spinks
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1898-06-08· cited 38×
• Brown v. Five Points Parking Center
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-05-27· cited 37×
• E. & M. Construction Co., Inc. v. Bob
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-01-19· cited 31×
• Hospital Authority v. Eason
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1966-09-08· cited 30×
• Glynn Plymouth, Inc. v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1969-09-02· cited 23×
• Tapley v. Youmans
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1957-02-19· cited 21×
• McCann v. Lindsey
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1964-01-27· cited 19×
• Rawls Bros. v. Paul
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1967-05-17· cited 19×
• WEST VIEW CORP. v. Alston
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1951-05-22· cited 18×
• Frank Graham Co. v. Graham
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-10-01· cited 18×
• Porter-Lite Corp. v. Warren Scott Contracting Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-06-13· cited 17×
• Monroe v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1911-12-15· cited 16×
• Floyd v. Swift & Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1938-12-05· cited 15×
• Quick Shops, Inc. v. Oldham
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1959-10-27· cited 14×