Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner

How courts have described this case

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

• noting existence of a “general duty one owes to all the world not to subject them to an unreasonable risk of harm”
• upholding a jury award in a wrongful death case in which the decedent’s children, who had survivor-ship rights, established that a mental facility was negligent in caring for the patient who killed their mother
• setting forth “a legal duty to conform to a standard of conduct raised by the law for the protection of others against unreasonable risks of harm” as the threshold element in a cause of action for negligence
• “where the intervening criminal acts of third parties are unforeseeable, they will not give rise to liability”
• mental institution held liable for releasing decedent’s estranged husband on an unrestricted weekend pass despite knowing of his intention to kill his wife
• duty of care to third persons when a special relationship based upon physical control exists

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Carmichael v. Kellogg, Brown & Root Services, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-06-30· cited 291×
• Adventure Outdoors, Inc. v. Michael Bloomberg
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-12-19· cited 241×
• Irwin v. Town of Ware
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-08-15· cited 228×
• Texas Home Management, Inc. v. Peavy
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-10-31· cited 170×
• Thigpen v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1986-09-10· cited 157×
• City of Rome v. Jordan
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1993-03-15· cited 142×
• Douglas Asphalt Co. v. Qore, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-09-20· cited 131×
• Sterling v. Bloom
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1986-05-16· cited 123×
• Sutter v. Hutchings
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1985-03-14· cited 118×
• Estates of Morgan v. Fairfield Family Counseling Center
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1997-01-22· cited 109×
• Grand Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles v. Carneyhan
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-08-25· cited 103×
• Perreira v. State
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1989-02-06· cited 99×
• Lamb v. Hopkins
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1985-06-05· cited 99×
• Emerich v. Philadelphia Center for Human Development, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-11-25· cited 98×
• Division of Corrections, Department of Health & Social Services v. Neakok
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-06-20· cited 81×
• Sherrill v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-06-30· cited 79×
• Strickland v. DeKalb Hospital Authority
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-09-12· cited 77×
• Moses v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-05-23· cited 70×
• Rasnick v. Krishna Hospitality, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 2011-07-05· cited 65×
• City of Douglasville v. Queen
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1999-03-08· cited 59×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McIntosh v. Milano
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1979-06-12· cited 115×
• Hughes v. Malone
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-05-03· cited 106×
• Mauldin v. Sheffer
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1966-06-24· cited 66×
• Warner v. Arnold
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1974-10-15· cited 65×
• Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-02-15· cited 57×
• Truelove v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1981-09-17· cited 49×
• Shockley v. Zayre of Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1968-11-19· cited 47×
• Henderson v. Dade Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1897-03-12· cited 43×
• Norton v. Hamilton
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1955-10-11· cited 41×
• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Godard
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1955-02-16· cited 41×
• McClendon v. Citizens & Southern National Bank
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1980-09-18· cited 34×
• Lee Street Auto Sales, Inc. v. Warren
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1960-09-08· cited 33×
• Bodin v. Gill
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1960-11-10· cited 28×
• Rum River Lumber Co. v. State
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1979-07-27· cited 25×
• Homere v. State
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-07-10· cited 20×
• MacNerland v. Barnes
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1973-06-15· cited 19×
• Buttersworth v. Swint
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1936-07-06· cited 17×

Other cases named Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1982-02-15· cited 57×