Bechtel v. Oriol’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
June 1967
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Cook · Rottman v. Beverly · Bordenave v. Texas & New Orleans R. Co. · Fontenot v. Freudenstein · Jones v. American Mut. Liability Ins. Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“"In the case at bar there is nothing to show that there was anything about the appearance of Fontenot to indicate that he was in any peril. He must have been facing towards the approaching car as he was walking. Often, in crossing a street, a pedestrian, seeing a car approaching and about to pass in front of him, continues on his course until within a few feet of the path of the car and then stops to allow it to go by. Even had Miss Freudenstein been looking and even had she seen Fontenot, there is nothing to show that she should have realized that he was not aware of the approach of her car."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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