Blanchard v. Bass

How courts have described this case

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

• defining reckless acts as “highly unreasonable conduct, or an extreme departure from ordinary care, in a situation where a high degree of danger is apparent”
• noting difference between Maine and Massachusetts standards

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Griffin v. Shively
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1984-04-27· cited 121×
• McLain v. Training and Development Corp.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1990-04-02· cited 37×
• Global Investors Agent Corp. v. National Fire Insurance
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-05-28· cited 35×
• Cheryl D. Bonney, as Personal Representative and Administratrix of the Estate of Rodney Bonney v. Canadian National Railway Company
  First Circuit· 1986-09-05· cited 14×
• Moses v. Scott Paper Company
  D. Maine· 1968-02-08· cited 4×
• Bonney v. Canadian National Railway Co.
  D. Maine· 1985-07-18· cited 4×
• ALLARIE v. Donnelly
  D. Maine· 2003-04-08· cited 2×
• Campbell v. Schwartz
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-06-15· cited 1×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sheehan v. Goriansky
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1947-04-05· cited 62×
• State v. Wright
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1929-12-16· cited 56×
• Learned v. Hawthorne
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1930-01-02· cited 34×
• State v. Hamilton
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1953-09-10· cited 31×
• Foley v. H. F. Farnham Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1936-12-08· cited 27×
• Cratty v. Samuel Aceto & Co.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1955-08-04· cited 22×
• St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. v. Rollins
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1950-06-20· cited 15×
• State v. Ela
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1939-10-09· cited 15×
• State v. Jones
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1956-10-26· cited 14×
• Glazier v. Tetrault
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1952-07-14· cited 10×
• Nadeau v. Fogg
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1950-07-01· cited 10×
• Robitaille v. Maine Central Railroad
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1952-02-06· cited 9×
• Sanborn v. Elmore Milling Company
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1957-02-21· cited 7×
• Blanchette v. Miles
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1942-07-21· cited 6×
• Sankey v. Young
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-04-22· cited 4×
• Austin v. Maine Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1927-12-27· cited 4×
• McCaffrey v. Silk
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1954-03-12· cited 2×