Stone v. Ethan Allen, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that breach of contract requires, inter alia, “harm or damage to the plaintiff as a proximate consequence of the violation or breach”
• plaintiff alleged refrigerator was defective when delivered, several years later, it caught fire, damaging their home, court found statute of limitations for negligence accrued the date of the fire, not the date it was delivered
• “[W]here an injury, though slight, is sustained in consequence of the wrongful or negligent act of another and the law affords a remedy therefor the statute of limitations attaches at once.” (emphasis omitted

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Detrick v. Panalpina, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1997-03-18· cited 119×
• Steven J. Hatfill v. The New York Times Company, and Nicholas Kristof
  Fourth Circuit· 2005-07-28· cited 103×
• Westminster Investing Corp. v. Lamps Unlimited, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-04-21· cited 67×
• Keller v. Denny
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-01-16· cited 63×
• Harris v. T.I., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1992-01-10· cited 58×
• Shipman v. Kruck
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2004-03-05· cited 50×
• Feld Entertainment, Inc. v. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
  District of Columbia· 2012-07-09· cited 39×
• Van Dam v. Gay
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2010-09-16· cited 37×
• Kerns v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2018-09-27· cited 28×
• Caperton v. AT Massey Coal Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-07-28· cited 20×
• Austin v. Consolidation Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-06-05· cited 18×
• Eshbaugh v. Amoco Oil Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1987-09-04· cited 13×
• Large v. Clinchfield Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-01-12· cited 11×
• Suffolk City School Board v. Conrad Bros.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-01-09· cited 8×
• Resolution Trust Corp. v. Walde
  E.D. Virginia· 1994-05-04· cited 8×
• Dunston v. Huang
  E.D. Virginia· 2010-03-10· cited 7×
• Hollingsworth v. Shenandoah Medical Imaging, Inc.
  Winchester County Circuit Court· 1996-01-18· cited 4×
• Bay Point Condominium Ass'n v. RML Corp.
  Virginia Circuit Court· 2002-01-28· cited 4×
• Chantilly Partners v. James A. Federline, Inc.
  Fairfax County Circuit Court· 1991-02-14· cited 3×
• Wallace v. Zoller
  Winchester County Circuit Court· 2000-03-07· cited 3×

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Locke v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 155×
• First Virginia Bank-Colonial v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-03-11· cited 135×
• Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority v. Laburnum Construction Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-03-15· cited 122×
• Caudill v. Wise Rambler, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-06-16· cited 119×
• Shiflet v. Eller
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-09-07· cited 118×
• Comptroller Ex Rel. Virginia Military Institute v. King
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1977-03-04· cited 86×
• Harbour Gate Owners' Ass'n v. Berg
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-09-05· cited 44×
• Lewis' Adm'r v. Glenn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1888-06-05· cited 42×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Saltzer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1928-09-20· cited 26×
• W. J. Rapp Co. v. Whitlock Equipment Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-06-12· cited 6×