Overstreet v. Security Storage & Safe Deposit Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• \There is ... a general duty not to injure others [that] arises whenever [a] defendant's conduct creates a risk of harm to others.\

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Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wyatt v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1932-03-24· cited 55×
• Morris v. Peyton
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1927-09-29· cited 35×
• Flotte v. Thomas Egan's Sons, Inc.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1931-05-11· cited 12×
• RGR, LLC v. Settle
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2014-10-31
• Rachel Dodson v. Richard Paul Kleffman and Hunter Scott Kleffman, etc.
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2025-03-18

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Stone v. Boston & Albany Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1898-07-01· cited 128×
• Smith v. Brady
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1910-03-04· cited 7×