Howard Yermish (Vicasso)
One thing that I would want to avoid would be to replicate what you can do with the "Related List - Single" component in Lightning App Builder.
Perhaps we look at the "Time closed until new case creation" setting as a way to surface recent/relevant cases for that contact or account. I would want to show that new cases for that contact or account were created chronologically in the Timeline, with a link to view that case.