Canull v. Hodges’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 534 So. 2d 393 - State v. Pennington · Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson · Anderson v. Southern Cotton Oil Co. · Albritton v. Scott · 572 So. 2d 1363 - Kraemer v. General Motors Acceptance Corp.
Most-quoted passages
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“The principles of common law do not permit the owner of an instrumentality that is not dangerous per se, but is peculiarly dangerous in its operation, to authorize another to use such instrumentality on the public highways without imposing upon such owner liability for negligent use. The liability grows out of the obligation of the owner to have the vehicle, that is not inherently dangerous per se, but peculiarly dangerous in its use, properly operated when it is by his authority on the public highway.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Rippy v. Shepard“The road grader we are asked to classify as a dangerous instrumentality was not licensed or regulated and was operating on an airport construction site and its operator was apparently a fellow employee of the plaintiff. " (emphasis added) ). Id. at 614. The Newton court then concluded, correctly, that "[n]o single factor is determinative of the inquiry, and this list of factors is not exhaustive,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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