Pilgrim's Pride Corp. v. Smoak

How courts have described this case

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

• holding an officer’s lay opinion about a collision caused by a defendant’s unsafe lane change was legally sufficient to support the jury’s finding that the defendant was seventy-five percent at fault for the collision
• stating that investigating officer’s observations of the weather conditions, the intersection, the location of the two vehicles, and their respective damage “were admissible as rationally based on [the officer’s] perception and were helpful to the determination of who caused the accident.”
• considering police officer‘s disclaimed expertise and finding in dictum that police officer not qualified to testify as 20 expert
• bold font and capitalization omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• General Motors Corporation v. Burry
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-06-29· cited 77×
• Sparks v. Booth
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2007-08-28· cited 63×
• Good v. Baker
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-04-12· cited 49×
• TXI Transportation Co. v. Hughes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2007-05-24· cited 47×
• in the Interest of M.H., S.H., and G.H., Children
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2010-05-05· cited 45×
• Lopez v. La Madeleine of Texas, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2006-08-25· cited 45×
• Ambrosio Longoria v. Hunter Express, Limited, et a
  Fifth Circuit· 2019-08-01· cited 36×
• Betts v. Reed
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-07-06· cited 35×
• Ten Hagen Excavating, Inc. v. Jose Castro-Lopez and Lorena Castro
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2016-08-29· cited 30×
• Reed v. Wright
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2005-01-20· cited 29×
• Abraham v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2007-08-23· cited 28×
• Rivera v. White
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2007-09-05· cited 27×
• LOPEZ-JUAREZ v. Kelly
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2011-08-16· cited 27×
• Pilgrim's Pride Corp. v. Cernat
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2006-10-20· cited 24×
• the Kroger Co. v. Christopher Milanes
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 2015-07-30· cited 24×
• Durham Transportation Co. v. Beettner
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-08-22· cited 21×
• Rigdon Marine Corp. v. Roberts
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2008-10-07· cited 21×
• Peter Pjetrovic v. Home Depot
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2013-08-20· cited 17×
• State v. Target Corp.
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-06-06· cited 16×
• Adams v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2008-09-29· cited 15×

Cites

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

• Cain v. Bain
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-02-12· cited 4,555×
• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-11-13· cited 3,583×
• Pool v. Ford Motor Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-04-02· cited 2,766×
• Maritime Overseas Corp. v. Ellis
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-07-03· cited 1,981×
• EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 1,699×
• Continental Coffee Products Co. v. Cazarez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-02-21· cited 1,207×
• Doe v. Boys Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 1,206×
• Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 1,132×
• Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Crye
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 1,065×
• Bradford v. Vento
  Texas Supreme Court· 2001-08-02· cited 994×
• Leitch v. Hornsby
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-12-13· cited 889×
• Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey
  Supreme Court· 1988-12-12· cited 736×
• Roark v. Allen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-06-02· cited 670×
• Coastal Transport Co. v. Crown Central Petroleum Corp.
  Texas Supreme Court· 2004-05-14· cited 650×
• Bushell v. Dean
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-02-13· cited 515×
• Rocor International, Inc. v. National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 431×
• Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 419×
• Alvarado v. Farah Manufacturing Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-03-11· cited 410×
• Morrow v. H.E.B., Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-16· cited 366×
• GTE Mobilnet of South Texas Ltd. Partnership v. Pascouet
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 2001-11-01· cited 315×