Allen v. Smith

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a private tort cause of action exists for violation of West Virginia Code § 27-3-1 proscribing release of confidential information relating to mental patients and such action is governed by one-year statute of limitations set forth in West Virginia Code § 52-2-12(c)
• allowing patient to maintain cause of action against psychiatrist for unauthorized release of patient's medical records pursuant to valid subpoena
• allowing patient to maintain cause of action against psychiatrist for unauthorized release of patient’s medical records pursuant to valid subpoena
• allowing patient to maintain cause of action against psychiatrist for unauthorized release of patient’s medical records pursuant to valid subpoena
• requiring the heightened showing “because of the likelihood of vexatious litigation in a profession that already has more than its fair share of lawsuits”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Wilt v. State Automobile Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-06-24· cited 45×
• State Ex Rel. West Virginia State Police v. Taylor
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 44×
• Johnson v. West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-11-21· cited 35×
• Morris v. Consolidation Coal Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-07-18· cited 34×
• State ex rel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Bedell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-04-01· cited 33×
• Tobin v. Ravenswood Aluminum Corp.
  S.D. West Virginia· 1993-11-15· cited 17×
• McClenathan v. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 1996-05-30· cited 17×
• Thompson v. Branches-Domestic Violence Shelter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-07-10· cited 13×
• ERIE INS. PROPERTY & CAS. CO., INC. v. Edmond
  N.D. West Virginia· 2011-03-25· cited 10×
• McNeely v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2015-07-24· cited 9×
• Nelson v. Ferguson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1990-12-13· cited 6×
• Small v. Ramsey
  N.D. West Virginia· 2012-03-06· cited 4×
• STATE EX REL. STATE FARM MUT. v. Bedell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-07-22· cited 2×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 292×
• Vassiliades v. Garfinckel's, Brooks Bros.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-05-13· cited 143×
• Meyer v. Nottger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-05-19· cited 140×
• MacDonald v. Clinger
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-01-22· cited 94×
• ALEXANDER v. Knight
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-01-16· cited 87×
• Horne v. Patton
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1973-12-06· cited 79×
• Stephen J. Kozan v. Dr. Glenn E. Comstock
  Fifth Circuit· 1959-09-30· cited 74×
• Stempler v. Speidell
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1985-07-29· cited 69×
• Katherine M. Eckenrode v. Life of America Insurance Company, a Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1972-08-03· cited 64×
• Hurley v. Allied Chemical Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-02-05· cited 51×
• Sutherland v. Kroger Company
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1959-10-27· cited 42×
• McClure v. Johnson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1937-06-14· cited 36×
• Hansen v. Stoll
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1981-09-24· cited 35×
• Wilder v. Haworth
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1950-01-17· cited 30×
• Addair v. Huffman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1973-04-10· cited 24×
• Schaffer v. Spicer
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1974-02-15· cited 17×
• Howard v. Middlesborough Hospital
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-03-04· cited 13×
• Flint v. Gilpin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1887-06-25· cited 13×
• Schwartz v. Thiele
  California Court of Appeal· 1966-06-14· cited 10×
• Hannaway v. Cole
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1974-06-06· cited 3×