Rivers v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming trial court’s directed verdict before case submitted to empaneled jury because no proximate cause existed
• granting statutorily authorized weekend pass to correctional center inmate was not the proximate cause of an accident occurring when a vehicle collided with a stolen truck driven by the inmate while the inmate was allegedly intoxicated and driving at a high rate of speed and without headlights
• argument that State should be liable for harm caused by person on rehabilitative release for failing to control such persons “runs dangerously parallel to the arguments for preventative detention”
• “The law of proximate cause calls for a causal connection between the act for which the defendant is claimed to be responsible and which is alleged to be negligent and the resulting flow of injurious consequences.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fritzeen v. Trudell Consulting Engineers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-04-06· cited 106×
• Kathy L. Lavoie, Formerly Known as Kathy L. Labelle v. Pacific Press & Shear Company, a Division of Canron Corp., and Canron Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1992-09-10· cited 100×
• Peck v. Counseling Service of Addison County, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1985-06-14· cited 53×
• Sorge v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2000-08-25· cited 50×
• Collins v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2007-08-24· cited 42×
• Morris v. American Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1982-10-18· cited 31×
• Estate of Sumner v. Department of Social & Rehabilitation Services
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1994-09-29· cited 29×
• State v. Sandsness
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2003-05-23· cited 29×
• Roberts v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1986-06-20· cited 20×
• Brown v. Kelly
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1981-11-03· cited 17×
• Brown v. Tatro
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1978-09-11· cited 13×
• Bolduc v. Coffin
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1974-12-03· cited 12×
• Carole Kuligoski, Individually and On Behalf of Michael J. Kuligoski, and Mark Kuligoski and James Kuligoski v. Brattleboro Retreat and Northeast Kingdom Human Services
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2016-09-16· cited 12×
• Finnegan v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1980-09-08· cited 11×
• Tina Stocker v. State of Vermont
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2021-09-03· cited 10×
• Drake ex rel. J.D. v. Allergan, Inc.
  D. Vermont· 2014-10-31· cited 8×
• Lussier v. Bessette
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2010-11-19· cited 7×
• Repucci v. Lake Champagne Campground, Inc.
  D. Vermont· 2002-04-25· cited 7×
• Tufts v. Wyand
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1987-10-23· cited 7×
• Cannata v. Wiener
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2001-12-19· cited 6×