Blondel v. Hays

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that evidence must be viewed in the light most favorable to the proponent of the instruction
• commenting that toe standard for a motion to strike should not also serve to guide a jury and reiterating the tole of toe jury in a medical malpractice case
• “[A] reasonably prudent [person] ought under the circumstances to have foreseen that some injury might probably result from that negligence”
• “Courts in a number of other jurisdictions have adopted the ‘substantial possibility of survival’ standard for jury instructions ..., [but] we are not persuaded of the wisdom of that policy.”
• “Courts in a number of other jurisdictions have adopted the ‘substantial possibility of survival’ standard for jury instructions . . ., [but] we are not persuaded of the wisdom of that policy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kilpatrick v. Bryant
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-12-22· cited 241×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-01-21· cited 176×
• Seaton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-04-13· cited 116×
• Commonwealth v. Vaughn
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-01-11· cited 112×
• Boone v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1992-03-24· cited 100×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Dungee
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-09-17· cited 74×
• Rhodes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-29· cited 62×
• LaDawn Shrieves King v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-04-07· cited 46×
• Mason v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2006-11-07· cited 41×
• Interim Personnel of Central Virginia, Inc. v. Messer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2002-03-01· cited 38×
• James Scott Witherow, II v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2015-12-01· cited 38×
• Clohessy v. Weiler
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1995-09-15· cited 36×
• Griffett v. Ryan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1994-04-15· cited 34×
• Panousos v. Allen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1993-01-08· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Alexander
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 25×
• Honsinger v. Egan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2003-09-12· cited 24×
• Noakes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-08-18· cited 23×
• Richard C. Wagoner, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-04-08· cited 18×
• In Re September 11 Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2003-09-09· cited 17×
• Helmick v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2002-08-06· cited 13×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harry J. Hicks, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, Deceased v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-10-27· cited 221×
• McKellips v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1987-07-21· cited 191×
• Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-06-12· cited 147×
• Brown v. Koulizakis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 140×
• Hadeed v. Medic-24, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 82×
• Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1974-06-27· cited 75×
• Whitfield v. Whittaker Memorial Hospital
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 62×
• Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-06-24· cited 57×
• Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers, Inc.
  Fourth Circuit· 1962-07-31· cited 42×
• News Leader Co. v. Kocen
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1939-06-12· cited 30×
• Rebel Ann Mays and Everett F. Mays v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 1986-12-05· cited 27×
• Mays v. United States
  D. Colorado· 1985-05-10· cited 22×
• Oak Knolls Realty Corp. v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1971-11-29· cited 21×
• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Winesett
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1983-06-17· cited 19×
• Overton v. Slaughter
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1949-11-21· cited 15×
• Snyder v. Fatherly
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1932-03-24· cited 15×
• Isenhour v. McGranighan
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1941-11-24· cited 13×
• Van Buren v. Simmons
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1988-03-04· cited 12×
• Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. v. Scovel
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1990-11-09· cited 10×