Bonbrest v. Kotz

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that a viable fetus is a “separate, distinct, and individual entity” from its mother and thus may bring a cause of action in tort for prenatal injuries in its own right
• child had standing to sue a doctor when that child was a viable fetus injured directly by 31 the actions of that doctor
• recovery was specifically limited to infants born alive, 65 F. Supp. at 142

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-22· cited 399×
• Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-08-08· cited 211×
• Smith v. Brennan
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1960-01-11· cited 134×
• Summerfield v. Superior Court, Maricopa Cty.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1985-04-24· cited 131×
• Nealis v. Baird
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1999-12-07· cited 130×
• Witty v. American General Capital Distributors, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1987-02-25· cited 107×
• Mitchell v. Couch
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-12-02· cited 105×
• State Ex Rel. Odham v. Sherman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-03-12· cited 98×
• Humes v. Clinton
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1990-05-25· cited 85×
• Presley v. Newport Hospital
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1978-11-08· cited 80×
• Poliquin v. MacDonald
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1957-09-30· cited 79×
• Worgan v. Greggo & Ferrara, Inc.
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1956-12-26· cited 76×
• Drabbels v. Skelly Oil Co.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1951-12-07· cited 68×
• Womack v. Buchhorn
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1971-06-01· cited 66×
• Hamby v. McDaniel
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-12-12· cited 65×
• Farley v. Sartin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-13· cited 64×
• Damasiewicz v. Gorsuch
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1951-03-16· cited 54×
• Stokes v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1968-07-10· cited 49×
• Greater Southeast Community Hospital v. Williams
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1984-10-09· cited 45×
• Sylvia v. Gobeille
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1966-06-17· cited 41×

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-10-27· cited 178×
• President & Directors of Georgetown College v. Hughes
  D.C. Circuit· 1942-06-30· cited 136×
• Allaire v. St. Luke's Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1900-02-19· cited 109×
• Magnolia Coca Cola Bottling Co. v. Jordan
  Texas Supreme Court· 1935-01-23· cited 96×
• Daily v. Parker
  Seventh Circuit· 1945-11-02· cited 67×
• Buel v. United Railways Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1913-02-28· cited 47×
• Nugent v. Brooklyn Heights Railroad
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1913-01-10· cited 23×
• Nugent v. Brooklyn Heights R.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1918-01-10· cited 2×