Shuman v. Mashburn

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a person who is injured by voluntarily assuming a position of “imminent” danger when there is an accessible place of safety cannot recover against a negligent party
• no liability where plaintiff knew he was diving from roof into a shallow pool
• “A person who voluntarily assumes a position of imminent danger when there is at hand and accessible to him a place of safety, and by reason of having assumed such dangerous position he is injured, cannot recover against another who is also negligent.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sutter v. Hutchings
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-14· cited 118×
• Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Todd
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1991-06-11· cited 87×
• Benjamin v. Deffet Rentals, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1981-04-22· cited 67×
• Transamerica Insurance v. Thrift-Mart, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-22· cited 39×
• Wren v. Harrison
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-03-10· cited 27×
• Johnson v. Jackson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1976-10-14· cited 26×
• Harris v. Star Service & Petroleum Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-05-04· cited 22×
• Plantation at Lenox Unit Owners' Ass'n v. Lee
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-05-24· cited 14×
• Ridgeway v. Whisman
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-09-03· cited 14×
• McEachern v. Muldovan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1998-07-31· cited 14×
• Murphy v. D'Youville Condominium Association, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-05-31· cited 13×
• Stallings v. Cuttino
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-09-25· cited 13×
• Mansfield v. Colwell Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-03-09· cited 8×
• Swint v. Smith
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-04-08· cited 7×
• Steedley v. Huntley's Jiffy Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-06-10· cited 6×
• CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. Wooten
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-09-27· cited 6×
• Rowland v. Colquitt
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1994-07-29· cited 6×
• McClure v. Georgia Power Co.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1984-06-20· cited 5×
• Smith v. Mobley
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-12-17· cited 5×
• Spivey v. Vaughn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1987-03-10· cited 4×

Cites

25 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Southland Butane Gas Co. v. Blackwell
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1955-05-10· cited 111×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Coxwell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1955-12-16· cited 67×
• Rogers v. Atlanta Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1954-01-14· cited 52×
• Herschel McDaniel Funeral Home, Inc. v. Hines
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1971-06-15· cited 42×
• Taylor v. Morgan
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-09-12· cited 40×
• Laite v. Baxter
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1972-06-22· cited 35×
• Auerbach v. Padgett
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1970-06-08· cited 34×
• Carden v. Georgia Power Company
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1973-11-29· cited 31×
• Higginbotham v. Winborn
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-09-19· cited 30×
• Herring v. Hauck
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-11-08· cited 24×
• Rich's, Inc. v. Waters
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-05-17· cited 21×
• Henry Grady Hotel Co. v. Sturgis
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1943-12-04· cited 20×
• Taff v. Harris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-11-06· cited 19×
• Simmons v. Classic City Beverages, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-10-15· cited 19×
• Lane v. Maxwell Bros. & Asbill, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-11-24· cited 18×
• Dekle v. Todd
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-06-18· cited 18×
• Korn v. Tamiami Trail Tours, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1963-10-07· cited 15×
• Georgia Power Co. v. Carden
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-02-07· cited 10×
• Parson v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-05-17· cited 9×
• Lamberson v. Norris
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1975-09-03· cited 8×