1 Utah 2d 224 - Smith v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis
1953
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
March 2003
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Martin v. Stevens · Mingus v. Olsson · Lowder v. Holley · Reid v. Owens · Cox v. Thompson
Most-quoted passages
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““Plaintiff’s failure to see and yield the right of way to defendant’s automobile only a few feet away in a position of immediate danger constitutes contributory negligence which caused her injuries. Sant v. Miller, 115 Utah 559 , 206 P.2d 719 ; Mingus v. Olsson, supra [ 114 Utah 505 , 201 P.2d 495 ]; Reid v. Owens, 98 Utah 50 , 93 P.2d 680 , 126 A.L.R. 55 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rosevear v. Rees“[a] question of fact for the jury ... as to whether his distribution of attention was reasonable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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