Snellenberger v. Rodriguez

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• concluding that the rescuer’s harm was not a foreseeable result of the defendant’s negligence, so the defendant wasn’t the proximate cause of that harm
• acknowledging the rescue doctrine but noting that the “doctrine came into being before the adoption of comparative negligence in order to relieve the all or nothing effects of contributory negligence”

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Union Pump Co. v. Allbritton
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-08· cited 419×
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  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 2002-10-23· cited 187×
• Purina Mills, Inc. v. Odell
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1997-08-05· cited 73×
• Henry v. Houston Lighting & Power Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1996-12-09· cited 29×
• Tri-State Wholesale Associated Grocers, Inc. v. Barrera
  Tex. App. Ct., 8th Dist. (El Paso)· 1996-03-13· cited 17×
• Campbell v. Adventist Health System/Sunbelt, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1997-05-22· cited 15×
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• Worster-Sims v. Tropicana Entertainment, Inc.
  D. New Jersey· 2014-09-11· cited 13×
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• Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1999-07-22· cited 3×
• Austin v. Kroger Texas L.P.
  N.D. Texas· 2016-04-25· cited 2×
• Migliori v. Airborne Freight Corp.
  D. Massachusetts· 1997-01-08· cited 1×
• Bradley A. Jacobson v. Avi Ron and Delaney Construction Company
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2009-01-22
• Zelma Hunt, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Frandora Kaye Jones v. Killeen Imports, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 1999-12-16
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2001-06-07
• Samuel Gonzalo Olivieri A/K/A Samuel Gonzalo Olivieri Delgado v. Alberto Jose Pereney Antoni A/K/A Alberto Pereney Antoni
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2007-01-17
• Steven Walters v. Allways Auto Group, Ltd. D/B/A Atascosa Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2015-09-08
• Bob E. Woody v. J. Black's, LP And J. Black's GP, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 3rd Dist. (Austin)· 2015-12-18
• Rideau v. Jefferson County
  E.D. Texas· 1995-10-02
• Chad Seward, Home Depot U.S.A., Inc., and Point 2 Point Global Security, Inc. v. Rogelio Santander Sr. and Julia Garcia, Individually and as Co-Administrators of the Estate of Rogelio Santander Jr., and Crystal Almeida
  Texas Supreme Court· 2025-05-09

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1985-05-01· cited 7,748×
• Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1965-04-21· cited 1,362×
• Gulbenkian v. Penn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1952-10-01· cited 1,168×
• Missouri Pacific Railroad v. American Statesman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1977-05-18· cited 231×
• Roskey v. Texas Health Facilities Commission
  Texas Supreme Court· 1982-07-21· cited 116×
• Freeman v. City of Pasadena
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-01-27· cited 99×
• Hennessy v. Estate of Perez
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 1987-02-19· cited 16×
• Kelley v. Alexander
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1965-06-09· cited 16×
• Snellenberger v. Rodriguez
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-04· cited 6×

Other cases named Snellenberger v. Rodriguez

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Snellenberger v. Rodriguez
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1986-06-04· cited 6×