Bennett v. Traders & General Insurance’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Continental Casualty Co. of Chicago, Ill. · 124 So. 2d 254 - Dowden v. Bankers Fire & Marine Insurance Company · 141 So. 2d 101 - Grayson v. Allstate Insurance Company · 117 So. 2d 290 - Lyell v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. · Stalsby v. Powell
Most-quoted passages
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“It was a drinking party from the start, they carried their liquor with them, and they all participated. They all knew the extent of Moore's [driver] drinking; they knew or should have known his mental state. To ride with him driving, under these circumstances was independent contributory negligence on the part of the others and they assumed the risks.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.