Riffle v. Knecht Excavating, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• “When the injury is caused by a dangerous instrumentality controlled by a contractor, a property owner generally owes no duty to the contractor’s employees.”
• since an employee could not be held liable, “no action based solely on respondeat superior is maintainable against his employer”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Unnamed case
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-06-16· cited 195×
• Centennial Mortgage, Inc. v. Blumenfeld
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2001-04-03· cited 50×
• Williams v. R.H. Marlin, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1995-10-17· cited 27×
• George Uzelac & Associates, Inc. v. Guzik
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1996-03-29· cited 18×
• Gaffney, Michael P. v. Riverboat Serv IN
  Seventh Circuit· 2006-06-16· cited 10×
• Martin v. American National Can Co.
  N.D. Indiana· 1997-08-25

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Webb v. Jarvis
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-06-28· cited 485×
• Stephenson v. Ledbetter
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1992-08-06· cited 195×
• Cummings v. Hoosier Marine Properties, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1977-06-23· cited 56×
• Collins v. Covenant Mutual Insurance Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-11-30· cited 55×
• Hale v. Kemp
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1991-09-23· cited 40×
• Teitge v. Remy Const. Co., Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-08-09· cited 37×
• New York Central Railroad v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1966-11-28· cited 27×
• Weldy v. Kline
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1993-06-28· cited 24×
• Barber v. Cox Communication, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1994-02-28· cited 16×
• Alexander v. City of Shelbyville
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1991-08-12· cited 7×
• Sharp v. Bailey
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1988-04-07· cited 5×