Pearson v. Canada Contracting Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• fireman’s rule considered in context of duty landowner owes to policemen and firemen

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Philip Morris, Inc. v. Emerson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-04-22· cited 162×
• Kreski v. Modern Wholesale Electric Supply Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1987-11-13· cited 118×
• State v. Faust
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-05-09· cited 84×
• Bath Excavating & Construction Co. v. Wills
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1993-03-15· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Millsaps
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-01-16· cited 32×
• Hopkins v. Medeiros
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-02-24· cited 32×
• Halterman v. Radisson Hotel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-01-14· cited 28×
• Robinson v. Matt Mary Moran, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-03-03· cited 23×
• Minnich v. MED WASTE, INC.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2002-05-20· cited 17×
• Fordham v. Oldroyd
  Utah Supreme Court· 2007-09-14· cited 17×
• Benefiel v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-11-06· cited 15×
• Hack v. Gillespie
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-01-24· cited 14×
• Mariin v. Fleur, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1995-02-21· cited 9×
• Goodwin v. Hare
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-11-05· cited 7×
• Johnson v. Teal
  E.D. Virginia· 1991-07-11· cited 6×
• Moskowitz v. Renaissance at Windsong Creek, Inc.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 2000-07-19· cited 5×
• Foglia v. Clapper
  E.D. Virginia· 2012-08-07· cited 5×
• Webber v. Speed Channel, Inc.
  E.D. Virginia· 2007-01-25· cited 3×
• Doe v. Bruton Parish Church
  Williamsburg and James County Circuit Court· 1997-07-10· cited 3×
• Lois Brown v. Wal-Mart Stores East, LP
  Fourth Circuit· 2025-06-04· cited 3×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Mounsey v. Ellard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-06-06· cited 335×
• Dini v. Naiditch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-09-30· cited 268×
• Krauth v. Israel Geller and Buckingham Homes, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-01-11· cited 199×
• Armstrong v. Mailand
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-02-09· cited 102×
• Roberts v. Rosenblatt
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1959-01-20· cited 57×
• Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co. v. Crouch
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1968-03-04· cited 39×
• Bradshaw v. Minter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1965-09-10· cited 28×
• Appalachian Power Co. v. Earline Virginia Sanders
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-10-10· cited 26×
• Nared v. School Dist. of Omaha in Cty. of Douglas
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1974-02-28· cited 24×
• Cameron v. Abatiell
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1968-04-02· cited 21×
• Cook v. Demetrakas
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1971-04-13· cited 19×
• Busch v. Gaglio
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1966-09-09· cited 18×
• Bartholomew v. Klingler Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1975-12-22· cited 18×
• Beedenbender v. Midtown Properties, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1957-06-28· cited 17×
• Williamsburg Shop, Inc. v. Weeks
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1959-09-03· cited 14×
• City of Richmond v. Grizzard
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1964-06-15· cited 14×
• Richmond Bridge Corp. v. Priddy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1936-09-11· cited 7×
• Colonial Natural Gas Co. v. Sayers
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-12-04· cited 5×
• Ingle v. Clinchfield Railroad
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1937-09-23· cited 5×