Prestenbach v. Sentry Ins. Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• assumption of risk applies when, based upon certain observations, the plaintiff \should reasonably have known that a risk was involved.\
• no proof that passenger actually knew driver was intoxicated

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Murray v. Ramada Inns, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1988-02-29· cited 136×
• Dorry v. LaFleur
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1981-05-18· cited 97×
• Louis J. Rodrigue, Jr. v. Dixilyn Corporation, Placid Oil Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-07-03· cited 55×
• Kaplan v. Missouri Pacific R. Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1981-12-01· cited 53×
• Holmes v. State Through Dept. of Highways
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1985-03-06· cited 51×
• Molbert v. Toepfer
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1989-10-23· cited 47×
• Lillie Mae Lebouef v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, Travelers Insurance Company v. Ford Motor Company
  Fifth Circuit· 1980-08-11· cited 44×
• Brown v. White
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1983-04-04· cited 42×
• Hines v. Williams
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1990-09-26· cited 42×
• Chausse v. Southland Corp.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1981-05-27· cited 41×
• Carpenter v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1982-03-09· cited 31×
• IMC Exploration Co. v. Henderson
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1982-08-17· cited 31×
• Chatelain v. PROJECT SQUARE
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1987-03-24· cited 30×
• Dofflemyer v. Gilley
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1980-05-19· cited 28×
• Brandon v. State, Through Dept. of Highways
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1979-03-16· cited 28×
• Bass v. Aetna Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1979-04-09· cited 28×
• A Better Place, Inc. v. Giani Inv. Co.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1984-01-16· cited 25×
• Bennett v. US Fid. & Guar. Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1979-07-16· cited 25×
• Roberts v. Tiny Tim Thrifty Check
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1979-01-09· cited 24×
• Champagne v. McDonald
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1978-02-06· cited 24×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Jordan v. Travelers Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1971-02-24· cited 500×
• Langlois v. Allied Chemical Corporation
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1971-06-07· cited 282×
• Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1964-11-09· cited 81×
• Marcotte v. Travelers Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1971-06-07· cited 66×
• Sutton v. Langley
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1976-03-15· cited 50×
• McInnis v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1975-11-03· cited 48×
• Galmiche v. Smith
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1972-12-21· cited 8×
• Johnson v. Allstate Insurance
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1971-10-22· cited 4×
• Prestenbach v. Sentry Insurance
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1976-03-01· cited 2×