Smith v. Chapman

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that generally the question of proximate cause is for the jury
• whether negligence is proximate cause of injury or damage is generally a question for the jury
• court erred in directing verdict on punitive damage issue where there was sufficient evidence from which jury could have found defendant grossly negligent
• “Punitive damages are not permitted in Arizona for mere negligence: there also must be shown a reckless or wanton disregard of the rights of others.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Orme School v. Reeves
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1990-12-06· cited 801×
• Linthicum v. Nationwide Life Insurance
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-07-23· cited 167×
• Braillard v. Maricopa County
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2010-05-27· cited 112×
• Selby v. Savard
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-11-18· cited 88×
• Rocky Mountain Fire & Casualty Co. v. Biddulph Oldsmobile
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-01-14· cited 75×
• Walls v. Arizona Department of Public Safety
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1991-12-19· cited 75×
• Johnson v. Rogers
  Utah Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 45×
• Flowers v. K-Mart Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1980-08-12· cited 32×
• Biswell v. Duncan
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 1987-08-18· cited 29×
• Ring v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-03-01· cited 27×
• Continental Life & Accident Co. v. Songer
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1979-09-27· cited 27×
• Wilson v. Riley Whittle, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-12-20· cited 24×
• Starr v. Campos
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-06-14· cited 12×
• Olson v. Walker
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1989-06-27· cited 12×
• Jaynes v. McConnell
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2015-09-15· cited 12×
• Bolsta v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2004-03-04· cited 10×
• Matson v. Naifeh
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1979-04-19· cited 9×
• Rubi v. Transamerica Title Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-12-30· cited 8×
• Gipson v. Kasey
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2006-03-02· cited 6×
• Newman v. Sun Valley Crushing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1993-02-02· cited 4×