Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co.

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• holding that, to be foreseeable to the first wrongdoer, the “precise form of the injury” does not need to be foreseen; rather “when it occurs it must appear that it was a natural and probable consequence of his negligence”

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Cited by

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

• Merlo v. Public Service Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1942-11-17· cited 369×
• Harrison v. Hardin County Community Unit School District No. 1
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2001-10-18· cited 137×
• Liberty National Life Insurance Company v. Weldon
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1957-11-14· cited 112×
• Boylan v. Martindale
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1982-01-22· cited 74×
• Lemos v. Madden
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1921-09-09· cited 69×
• Hillyard v. Utah By-Products Co.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1953-11-12· cited 63×
• Grigsby & Co. v. Bratton
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1913-12-15· cited 54×
• Phillabaum v. Lake Erie & Western Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1924-12-16· cited 52×
• Salt River Valley Water Users' Ass'n v. Cornum
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1937-01-04· cited 45×
• Staff v. Montana Petroleum Co.
  Montana Supreme Court· 1930-07-19· cited 39×
• Campion v. Chicago Landscape Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1938-05-03· cited 34×
• Stewart v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1951-01-10· cited 33×
• Johnson v. Turner
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1943-04-28· cited 33×
• Denniston v. Skelly Oil Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1977-04-13· cited 31×
• Waschow v. Kelly Coal Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1910-06-29· cited 30×
• Holtz v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1951-04-12· cited 29×
• Daneschocky v. Sieble
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1917-03-05· cited 29×
• Sycamore Preserve Works v. Chicago & Northwestern Railway Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1937-02-12· cited 28×
• Curran v. Chicago & Western Indiana Railroad
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1919-06-18· cited 27×
• Wawryszyn v. Illinois Central Railroad
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1956-06-19· cited 26×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Milwaukee & Saint Paul Railway Co. v. Kellogg
  Supreme Court· 1877-04-30· cited 880×
• Village of Carterville v. Cook
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1889-06-17· cited 67×
• True & True Co. v. Woda
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1903-02-18· cited 36×
• Cuneo v. O'Connor
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1904-06-23· cited 27×
• Siegel, Cooper & Co. v. Trcka
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1905-12-20· cited 27×
• American Express Co. v. Risley
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1899-04-17· cited 25×
• Chicago Hair & Bristle Co. v. Mueller
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1908-06-16· cited 23×
• L. Wolff Manufacturing Co. v. Wilson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1894-03-05· cited 14×
• Hullinger v. Worrell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1876-09-15· cited 12×
• Smith v. Missouri & Kansas Telephone Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1905-05-08· cited 8×
• City of Kansas City v. Gilbert
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1902-10-11· cited 8×

Other cases named Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co.

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Seith v. Commonwealth Electric Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1908-11-12