Williams v. Woodman

How courts have described this case

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

• holding it generally no defense that negligence of third persons contributed to cause injury, if the original negligence of the defendant was a proximate cause
• holding it generally no defense that negligence of third persons contributed to cause injury, if the original negligence of the defendant was a proximate cause

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Cited by

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

• Hiltgen v. Sumrall
  Fifth Circuit· 1995-03-02· cited 145×
• General Motors Corp. v. Edwards
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-11-15· cited 118×
• Ex Parte Rudolph
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-09-25· cited 81×
• Hughes v. Allenstein
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1987-08-07· cited 57×
• Godby v. Montgomery County Board of Education
  M.D. Alabama· 1998-03-09· cited 51×
• Underwood-Gary v. Mathews
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-11-28· cited 41×
• Chambers County Com'rs v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1984-10-26· cited 38×
• Strough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1986-12-30· cited 31×
• Looney v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1998-02-13· cited 27×
• Malcolm v. King
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1996-12-06· cited 22×
• Moore v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1997-02-28· cited 22×
• Butler v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-11-13· cited 18×
• Garner v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1984-03-31· cited 13×
• Pierce v. Orr
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1989-02-24· cited 13×
• Theodorou v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2010-06-30· cited 10×
• Yancey v. Farmer
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-06-07· cited 9×
• Williams v. Bic Corporation
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-05-05· cited 8×
• Richardson v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1992-08-21· cited 7×
• Matkin v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1994-07-01· cited 7×
• Ruiz De Molina v. Merritt & Furman Insurance Agency, Inc.
  N.D. Alabama· 2002-02-14· cited 2×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McKenna v. Austin
  D.C. Circuit· 1943-02-11· cited 149×
• Ash v. Mortensen
  California Supreme Court· 1944-08-11· cited 100×
• Couillard v. Charles T. Miller Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1958-08-15· cited 86×
• Derby v. Prewitt
  New York Court of Appeals· 1962-12-31· cited 71×
• Daily v. Somberg
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1958-12-01· cited 66×
• Selby v. Kuhns
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1963-03-20· cited 29×
• Knutsen v. Brown
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1967-07-20· cited 28×
• Vaca v. Whitaker
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-02-06· cited 25×
• Butler v. GAB Business Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-06-25· cited 9×

Other cases named Williams v. Woodman

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Williams v. Woodman
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1869-01-15