Bagley v. Burkholder

How courts have described this case

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

• “[W]hen A enters upon a gratuitous undertaking for the benefit of B, the duty of care which A owes B is only the duty to refrain from gross negligence.”
• “[W]hen A enters upon a gratuitous undertaking for the benefit of B, the duty of care which A owes B is only the duty to refrain from gross negligence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

23 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Beaulieu v. Beaulieu
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1970-05-27· cited 60×
• Onofrio v. Department of Mental Health
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-11-19· cited 36×
• Labree v. Major
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1973-06-22· cited 35×
• Pandiscio v. Bowen
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-04-07· cited 20×
• Gillespie v. Papale
  D. Massachusetts· 1982-04-21· cited 16×
• Motta v. Mello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-12-03· cited 12×
• Wheatley v. Peirce
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-06-28· cited 11×
• Gagne v. Berry
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-04-28· cited 7×
• Fay v. Boston & Maine Railroad
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-02-09· cited 6×
• Perry v. Richard Chevrolet, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-10· cited 5×
• Shepard v. Roussel
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-11-03· cited 5×
• Massachusetts Asset Financing Corp. v. Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP
  D. Massachusetts· 2002-08-29· cited 3×
• Boston & Maine Railroad v. The Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
  First Circuit· 1964-03-31· cited 2×
• Magro v. Byington
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-05-03· cited 2×
• Massachusetts Asset Financing Corp. v. Harter, Secrest & Emery, LLP
  First Circuit· 2005-12-01· cited 1×
• Marshall v. August
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1959-01-28· cited 1×
• Evans v. Lorillard Tobacco Co.
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2011-09-06· cited 1×
• Hamilton v. Sullivan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-11-01
• Griffin v. American Mobile Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-06-04
• Gillespie v. Papale
  Massachusetts District Court· 1982-04-21

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Massaletti v. Fitzroy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1917-10-29· cited 184×
• Opinion of the Justices to the Senate
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1955-07-07· cited 62×
• Howes v. Kelman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1951-01-17· cited 45×
• Ruel v. Langelier
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-01-31· cited 41×
• Taylor v. Goldstein
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-07-01· cited 37×
• Carson v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1941-04-22· cited 26×
• Rita Beaulieu v. Lincoln Rides, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-02-28· cited 22×
• Brown v. Grow
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-06-12· cited 22×
• Duarte
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1954-11-30· cited 10×
• Thomas v. Fritz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1945-11-01· cited 9×
• Belina v. Pelczarski
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-03-27· cited 8×
• Rosario v. Vasconcellos
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1953-04-29· cited 8×
• Donahue v. Kelley
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1940-09-09· cited 8×
• Roy v. Bacon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1950-01-03· cited 8×
• Doherty v. Spano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1958-01-02· cited 7×
• Sutherland v. Scardino
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1956-05-11· cited 7×
• Hanlon v. White Fuel Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1952-03-03· cited 7×
• Sluzis's Case
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-10-31· cited 6×
• Niland v. Cox
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1957-06-04· cited 4×
• Polcari v. Cardello
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1944-06-05· cited 4×