Bass v. Nooney Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to case involving mental distress resulting from being trapped in a stalled elevator, and rejecting the requirement of physical injury to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress
• applying the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to case involving mental distress resulting from being trapped in a stalled elevator, and rejecting the requirement of physical injury to recover for negligent infliction of emotional distress
• applying res ipsa to a case of an elevator stalled between floors
• hospital records and attending psychiatrists’ testimony showed plaintiff suffered acute anxiety after being trapped in elevator
• the emotional distress or mental injury must be medically diagnosable and must be of sufficient severity so as to be medically significant
• the emotional distress or mental injury must be medically diagnosable and must bé of sufficient severity so as to be medically significant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Parkway Co. v. Woodruff
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-07-21· cited 722×
• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Gibson v. Brewer
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1997-08-19· cited 372×
• Weirich v. Weirich
  Texas Supreme Court· 1992-09-09· cited 253×
• Moore v. Lillebo
  Texas Supreme Court· 1986-07-09· cited 217×
• Rickey v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-06-17· cited 210×
• St. Elizabeth Hospital v. Garrard
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 163×
• Gracey v. Eaker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-19· cited 150×
• Gates v. Richardson
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1986-05-08· cited 149×
• Williams v. Baker
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-04-09· cited 149×
• Osborne v. Keeney
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-12-20· cited 145×
• Wolfgeher v. Wagner Cartage Service, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 136×
• Sofka v. Thal
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-12-20· cited 124×
• Sullivan v. Boston Gas Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1993-01-12· cited 122×
• Chizmar v. MacKie
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1995-05-19· cited 96×
• Lippard v. Houdaille Industries, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1986-08-01· cited 96×
• Wilma Williams v. Kfc National Management Company
  Second Circuit· 2004-12-09· cited 94×
• Zueck v. Oppenheimer Gateway Properties, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-06-11· cited 88×
• K.G. v. R.T.R.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-03-26· cited 84×
• Gammon v. Osteopathic Hospital of Maine, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1987-12-16· cited 82×

Cites

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

• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-25· cited 419×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-22· cited 399×
• Montinieri v. Southern New England Telephone, Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-07-04· cited 282×
• Portee v. Jaffee
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-29· cited 279×
• Niederman v. Brodsky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-09· cited 260×
• Battalla v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1961-07-07· cited 208×
• Leong Ex Rel. Petagno v. Takasaki
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1974-03-28· cited 176×
• Wolfgeher v. Wagner Cartage Service, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 136×
• Dziokonski v. Babineau
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-30· cited 122×
• Barnhill v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-01-14· cited 113×
• Falzone v. Busch
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1965-10-25· cited 108×
• Warner v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1968-05-13· cited 93×
• Culbert v. Sampson's Supermarkets Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-30· cited 83×
• Pretsky v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1965-11-08· cited 80×
• Taylor v. Baptist Medical Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1981-04-24· cited 66×
• Robb v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1965-05-28· cited 66×
• Trigg v. St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1881-10-15· cited 62×
• Hume v. Bayer
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1981-01-22· cited 59×
• Pollock v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1978-09-12· cited 57×