Thornton v. RCA Service Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• employee stopped for lunch at highway restaurant between Norris and Knoxville and was killed by “a stranger who was insane, or drunk ‘or otherwise irresponsible.’ ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Orman v. Williams Sonoma, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1991-01-14· cited 230×
• Blankenship v. American Ordnance Systems, LLS
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-05-12· cited 72×
• Wilhelm v. Krogers
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2007-08-17· cited 65×
• Jackson v. Clark & Fay, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1954-05-21· cited 49×
• Cunningham v. Shelton Security Service, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-03-01· cited 43×
• Bell v. Kelso Oil Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1980-04-21· cited 39×
• Clark v. Nashville MacHine Elevator Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2004-03-10· cited 38×
• Glisson v. Mohon International, Inc./Campbell Ray
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2006-03-13· cited 33×
• Foreman v. Automatic Systems, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-12-31· cited 32×
• Anderson v. Westfield Group
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-08-12· cited 30×
• Crew v. First Source Furniture Group
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-06-24· cited 29×
• Ana R. PADILLA v. TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2010-10-06· cited 24×
• Houser v. Bi-Lo, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2001-01-19· cited 24×
• Lennon Company v. Ridge
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1967-01-06· cited 19×
• McAdams v. Canale
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1956-07-20· cited 18×
• McCann v. Hatchett
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2000-05-08· cited 13×
• Brimhall v. Home Insurance Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1985-06-10· cited 13×
• Buck & Simmons Auto & Electric Supply Co. v. Kesterson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1952-06-07· cited 12×
• Jordan v. United Methodist Urban Ministries, Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1987-11-16· cited 11×
• McCurry v. Container Corp. of America
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-10-26· cited 8×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Leonard v. Cranberry Furnace Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1924-09-15· cited 27×
• Hendrix v. Franklin State Bank
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1926-11-20· cited 25×
• Chamber of Commerce v. Turner
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1929-02-09· cited 11×
• Porter v. Travelers Insurance
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-12-19· cited 6×