Jones v. Harris’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
3
states following
April 1966
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Berniker v. Berniker · 30 Cal. 2d 193 - Cope v. Davison · 23 Cal. 2d 632 - Gray v. Southern Pacific Co. · 61 Cal. App. 2d 761 - Pennix v. Winton · Parsons v. Fuller
Most-quoted passages
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“in fact so far over on his left-hand side of the road that the car struck the reflector lights. The jury could have concluded that this may have caused him to lose control of the car, or because no other car was immediately involved that excessive speed on a curve alone could have been the factor which caused him to lose control, strike the reflectors, and then plunge over the bank to destruction. [8] Wilful misconduct, such as will render a driver liable to his guest, may manifest itself in either of the following ways:”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[F]irst, `the intentional doing of something with a knowledge that serious injury is a probable (as distinguished from a possible) result'; and second, `the intentional doing of an act with a wanton and reckless disregard of its possible result.' . . .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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