Pratt v. Freese's, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• doctrine of res ipsa inapplicable simply because elevator malfunctioned; must be proof accident would not have occurred had the defendants used due care

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Emery Waterhouse Co. v. Lea
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-11-04· cited 55×
• Estate of Althenn v. Althenn
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-06-02· cited 44×
• Baker v. Mid Maine Medical Center
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-10-16· cited 38×
• Butler v. Poulin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-10-23· cited 27×
• Gwendolyn Y. Bell v. May Department Stores Company, a New York Corporation, D/B/A Hechts
  D.C. Circuit· 1989-01-24· cited 22×
• Hafferman v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.
  District of Columbia· 1986-12-23· cited 22×
• Dyer v. Maine Drilling & Blasting, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2009-12-17· cited 15×
• Poulin v. Aquaboggan Waterslide
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1989-12-28· cited 15×
• McDaid v. Aztec W. Condo. Ass'n
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2018-07-17· cited 13×
• Schindler Corp. v. Ross
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1993-10-05· cited 9×
• Brown v. Crescent Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-07-25· cited 9×
• Hull v. L. & A. Montagnard Social Club, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1985-10-04· cited 8×
• MacCormick v. MacCormick
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-06-06· cited 6×
• Valens v. Otis Elevator Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-01-21· cited 5×
• J.F. Singleton Co. v. Rush
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-08-01· cited 2×
• Pepin v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  D. Maine· 2008-04-01· cited 1×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Ernest A. Winkle
  Fifth Circuit· 1979-01-11· cited 132×
• Feblot v. New York Times Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1973-06-08· cited 56×
• Ginn v. Penobscot Company
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1975-03-05· cited 42×
• Hersum v. Kennebec Water District
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1955-10-19· cited 33×
• Banville v. Huckins
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1979-10-29· cited 32×
• Emerson v. Ham
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-02-27· cited 23×
• Dombrowska v. Kresge-Newark, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1962-06-29· cited 17×
• Oil Building Corporation v. Hermann
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1971-07-13· cited 10×