Southern Co., Inc. v. Graham

How courts have described this case

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

• In the absence of direct proof of a specific defect, the plaintiff must negate other possible causes of failure of the product not attributable to the defendant.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Mays v. Ciba-Geigy Corp.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-03-26· cited 106×
• Berkeley Pump Co. v. Reed-Joseph Land Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1983-07-18· cited 76×
• Higgins v. General Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-12-02· cited 34×
• Williams v. Smart Chevrolet Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1987-06-08· cited 29×
• National Bank of Commerce v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc.
  E.D. Arkansas· 1998-06-12· cited 23×
• Mixon v. Chrysler Corp.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-01-16· cited 20×
• National Bank of Commerce v. Dow Chemical Co.
  E.D. Arkansas· 1996-12-30· cited 19×
• Scott Crawford and Darlene Crawford v. Sears Roebuck & Company
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-07-23· cited 13×
• Petrus Chrysler-Plymouth v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1984-07-09· cited 12×
• Hill v. Searle Laboratories
  E.D. Arkansas· 1988-08-08· cited 7×
• McCoy v. Whirlpool Corp.
  D. Kansas· 2005-07-29· cited 5×
• Chandler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Arkansas· 2016-08-31· cited 4×
• Scott Crawford v. Sears Roebuck & Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 2002-07-23
• Triston Rhodes v. Fulton Thermal Corp.
  Eighth Circuit· 2026-06-12

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shirley J. Lindsay, of the Estate of John Douglas Lindsay, Deceased v. McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Corporation, a Corporation
  Eighth Circuit· 1972-05-10· cited 93×
• Jakubowski v. Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1964-04-20· cited 89×
• Greco v. Bucciconi Engineering Co.
  Third Circuit· 1969-01-30· cited 67×
• Delta Oxygen Co. v. Scott
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1964-10-26· cited 27×
• Higgins v. General Motors Corp.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1971-04-26· cited 27×
• Corbin v. Camden Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1972-05-08· cited 21×
• Cockman v. Welder's Supply Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1979-04-30· cited 17×