Prost v. Caldwell Store, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• distinguishing between a duty imposed by law and a duty self-imposed by a contract
• finding a contractor who has created a dangerous condition through work performed for a landowner may be liable for injuries that occur as a result

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Miller v. Preitz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-06-24· cited 72×
• Sharpe v. St. Luke's Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-25· cited 67×
• Woodward v. Dietrich
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-26· cited 58×
• Mallesky v. Stevens
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-11-14· cited 43×
• Staub v. Toy Factory, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-23· cited 36×
• Wyke v. Ward
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-04-06· cited 30×
• Patraka v. Armco Steel Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 1980-01-29· cited 26×
• St. Clair v. B & L PAVING CO.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-05· cited 25×
• Weiser v. Bethlehem Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-05· cited 14×
• Altoona Central Bank & Trust Co. v. American Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1964-07-01· cited 14×
• Gresik v. PA Partners, L.P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-01· cited 12×
• Kallman v. Aronchick
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-11-08· cited 10×
• Hawthorne v. DRAVO CORP. KEYSTONE DIV.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-22· cited 9×
• DeTillo v. Carlyn Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-05· cited 4×
• Mountz v. Lebanon County
  Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas· 1968-05-21· cited 4×
• Gilbert v. Conrail
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-04-22· cited 1×
• Crawshaw v. American Legion Home Ass'n
  Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas· 1963-11-06· cited 1×
• Gordon v. Leiber
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1964-11-30
• Kampmeyer v. Cheltenham Contracting Co.
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1970-01-21
• McKonley v. Franco
  Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas· 1979-06-27

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Evans v. Otis Elevator Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-03-13· cited 145×
• Krisovich v. John Booth, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-04-11· cited 21×