Tortes v. King County

How courts have described this case

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

• \[A] person is normally allowed to proceed on the basis that others will obey the law.\
• “[A] person is normally allowed to proceed on the basis that others will obey the law.”
• [A] person is normally allowed to proceed on the basis that others will obey the law.
• “[A] person is normally allowed to proceed on the basis that others will obey the law.”
• In an action for negligence by King County Metro trial court properly excluded affidavit by an expert because, although expert was a security and law enforcement expert, the expert had no \ expertise regarding the actual standard of care applicable to public transit operators. \

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Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Parrilla v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-05-07· cited 57×
• Pulawa v. GTE Hawaiian Tel
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2006-09-14· cited 55×
• Cho v. City of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-10-20· cited 21×
• Walker v. King County Metro
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2005-02-28· cited 10×
• Robb v. City of Seattle
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-12-27· cited 7×
• Carlton v. VANCOUVER CARE LLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2010-06-22· cited 7×
• Oltman v. Holland America Line USA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-09-11· cited 5×
• Oltman v. Holland America Line USA, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-10-03· cited 1×
• McKown v. Simon Prop. Grp., Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-03-05
• Hoff v. Mountain Construction, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-12-07

Cites

34 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, Administratrix of the Estate of Catrett
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-25· cited 119,442×
• Harlow v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-24· cited 22,846×
• City of Canton v. Harris
  Supreme Court· 1989-02-28· cited 10,043×
• Board of the County Commissioners of Bryan County v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1997-04-28· cited 7,185×
• Wilson v. Steinbach
  Washington Supreme Court· 1982-12-29· cited 937×
• Young v. Key Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1989-03-30· cited 914×
• Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 618×
• Folsom v. Burger King
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-07-09· cited 471×
• Van Ort v. Estate of Stanewich
  Ninth Circuit· 1996-08-06· cited 212×
• Niece v. Elmview Group Home
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-01-16· cited 201×
• Pedroza v. Bryant
  Washington Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 194×
• Hutchins v. 1001 Fourth Avenue Associates
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-01-10· cited 178×
• Right-Price Recreation, L.L.C. v. Connells Prairie Community Council
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-05-16· cited 131×
• Right-Price Recreation v. Connells Prairie
  Washington Supreme Court· 2002-05-16· cited 128×
• Nivens v. Corner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-09-11· cited 113×
• McDade v. West
  Ninth Circuit· 2000-09-15· cited 108×
• King County Fire Protection District No. 16 v. Housing Authority
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-05-12· cited 104×
• Nivens v. 7-11 Hoagy's Corner
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-10-01· cited 88×
• Miller v. Likins
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-10-15· cited 86×
• Reese v. Stroh
  Washington Supreme Court· 1995-12-14· cited 85×