Beaudette v. Frana

How courts have described this case

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

• abrogating the absolute defense of interspousal immunity in actions for tort only after legislature declined to do so upon invitation by the court in deference to traditional legislative determination of significant considerations of public policy
• abrogating the absolute defense of interspousal immunity in actions for tort only after legislature declined to do so upon invitation by the court in deference to traditional legislative determination of significant considerations of public policy
• “We hold that the absolute defense of interspousal immunity in actions for tort is abrogated prospectively, as to all causes of action arising after this date, and is abrogated as to the instant cases.”
• \the social gain of providing tangible financial protection for those whom an insured wrongdoer ordinarily has the most natural motive to protect transcends the more intangible social loss of impairing the integrity of the family relationship\
• “the social gain of providing tangible financial protection for those whom an in sured wrongdoer ordinarily has the most natural motive to protect transcends the more intangible social loss of impairing the integrity of the family relationship”
• court can reinstate interspousal immunity if experience establishes its necessity

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Twyman v. Twyman
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 701×
• Immer v. Risko
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1970-07-10· cited 153×
• Busch v. Busch Construction, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-12-09· cited 101×
• Anderson Ex Rel. Anderson v. Stream
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 100×
• Boblitz v. Boblitz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-06-30· cited 95×
• Staab v. Diocese of St. Cloud
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2012-04-18· cited 90×
• Lewis v. Lewis
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-07-09· cited 86×
• McGuire v. C & L RESTAURANT INC.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1984-03-16· cited 78×
• Coffindaffer v. Coffindaffer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1978-05-16· cited 71×
• Price v. Price
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-06-24· cited 61×
• Hime v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-08-17· cited 59×
• Thompson v. Estate of Petroff
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-05-21· cited 56×
• Lusby v. Lusby
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1978-07-19· cited 55×
• Shook v. Crabb
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-07-25· cited 54×
• Shearer v. Shearer
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1985-07-03· cited 51×
• Raisen v. Raisen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-12-20· cited 49×
• Digby v. Digby
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-06-19· cited 48×
• Heino v. Harper
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1988-08-02· cited 47×
• MacDonald v. MacDonald
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-03-12· cited 47×
• Bozman v. Bozman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2003-08-12· cited 43×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Spanel v. Mounds View School District No. 621
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1962-12-14· cited 235×
• Balts v. Balts
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-04-01· cited 105×
• Silesky Ex Rel. Silesky v. Kelman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-09-27· cited 95×
• Thill v. Modern Erecting Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1969-09-19· cited 88×
• Strom v. Strom
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1906-06-29· cited 49×
• Drake v. Drake
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1920-04-30· cited 36×
• Woltman v. Woltman
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1922-10-06· cited 33×
• Hovanetz v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1967-02-10· cited 2×