Bovsun v. Sanperi

How courts have described this case

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

• adopting limited form of bystander liability available only' to those plaintiffs who were in “zone of danger”
• permitting a claim by a bystander in the “zone of danger”
• \[D]elineation of limits of liability in tort actions is usually determined on the basis of consideration of public policy.\
• requiring only that the mental distress be serious and verifiable
• requiring only that the mental distress be serious and verifiable
• limiting recovery to family members

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Cited by

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

• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Gottshall
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 720×
• Lauer v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 2000-05-16· cited 497×
• Strunk v. Zoltanski
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-07-03· cited 366×
• Broadnax v. Gonzalez
  New York Court of Appeals· 2004-04-01· cited 297×
• Wolfgang Doerr v. Daniel Goldsmith / Cheryl Dobinski v. George O. Lockhart
  New York Court of Appeals· 2015-06-09· cited 287×
• Clohessy v. Bachelor
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-21· cited 248×
• Brown v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1996-11-19· cited 240×
• Ricky Baker v. David Alan Dorfman
  Second Circuit· 2000-09-01· cited 235×
• Metro-North Commuter Railroad v. Buckley
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 198×
• Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker Clinic
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-06-30· cited 163×
• Williams v. Baker
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1990-04-09· cited 149×
• German v. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
  S.D. New York· 1995-05-08· cited 133×
• Colon Ex Rel. Molina v. Bic USA, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-12-19· cited 115×
• Folz v. State
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1990-08-08· cited 112×
• Unterweiser v. Town of Hempstead
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1997-01-21· cited 111×
• Bernard J. Mortise and Cheryl L. Mortise v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1996-12-24· cited 106×
• Taggart v. Costabile
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2015-06-24· cited 97×
• Johnson v. Jamaica Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-07-03· cited 92×
• Enright v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1991-02-19· cited 80×
• In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001
  S.D. New York· 2005-01-18· cited 79×

Cites

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

• Pulka v. Edelman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-12-02· cited 496×
• Becker v. Schwartz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-12-27· cited 460×
• Tobin v. Grossman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-04-24· cited 302×
• Johnson v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-07-02· cited 237×
• Battalla v. State
  New York Court of Appeals· 1961-07-07· cited 208×
• De Angelis v. Lutheran Medical Center
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-03-29· cited 183×
• Leong Ex Rel. Petagno v. Takasaki
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1974-03-28· cited 176×
• Howard v. Lecher
  New York Court of Appeals· 1977-06-16· cited 141×
• Kennedy v. McKesson Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-03-31· cited 141×
• Landreth v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-08-22· cited 138×
• Barnhill v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-01-14· cited 113×
• Hayward v. Yost
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1952-04-03· cited 92×
• Culbert v. Sampson's Supermarkets Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-30· cited 83×
• Wolfe v. Sibley Lindsay & Curr Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-05-05· cited 77×
• Albala v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-11-23· cited 74×
• Bedgood v. Madalin
  Texas Supreme Court· 1980-06-04· cited 72×
• Stadler v. Cross
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 71×
• Vaccaro v. Squibb Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-12-22· cited 52×
• TOMS v. McCONNEL
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1973-03-27· cited 51×
• Whetham v. Bismarck Hospital
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1972-05-01· cited 40×

Other cases named Bovsun v. Sanperi

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Bovsun v. Sanperi
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-07-01· cited 1×
• Bovsun v. Sanperi
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1983-05-09