Burgess v. Taylor

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that severe emotional distress consisted of panic attacks, depression uncured by medication or therapy, and thoughts of suicide requiring medical care after knowing that plaintiffs “babies were dead”
• finding severe emotional distress where a plaintiff established she “broke down,” suffered from many panic attacks, had major problems with high blood pressure, suffered from anxiety and depression, and contemplated suicide
• whether an award was given under the influence of passion or prejudice, and, therefore excessive, “is a question dependent on the nature of the underlying evidence[]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stringer v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-10-21· cited 149×
• Plotnik v. Meihaus
  California Court of Appeal· 2012-08-31· cited 92×
• McDONALD'S CORP. v. Ogborn
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2009-11-20· cited 46×
• Smith v. Franklin County
  E.D. Kentucky· 2002-10-17· cited 24×
• Young v. Vista Homes, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-01-12· cited 21×
• Kaufman v. Langhofer
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2009-12-22· cited 18×
• Jackson v. Tullar
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-06-01· cited 17×
• Thomas v. Greenview Hospital, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-02-06· cited 16×
• Harabes v. Barkery, Inc.
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2001-11-02· cited 13×
• Gersh v. Bowman
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-10-05· cited 13×
• Bargo v. Goodwill Industries of Kentucky, Inc.
  E.D. Kentucky· 2013-08-27· cited 12×
• Ammon v. Welty
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2002-07-12· cited 10×
• Estepp v. Johnson Cnty. Newspapers, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2019-06-28· cited 6×
• Nichols v. Hazelip
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-01-13· cited 2×
• McAlpin v. Burnett
  W.D. Kentucky· 2001-08-29

Cites

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

• Craft v. Rice
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-06-14· cited 190×
• Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. v. Golightly
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 181×
• Humana of Kentucky, Inc. v. Seitz
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-27· cited 139×
• Skaggs v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 136×
• Jett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1969-02-07· cited 135×
• Regional Jail Authority v. Tackett
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-04-06· cited 134×
• Horton v. Union Light, Heat & Power Co.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-04-11· cited 127×
• Osborne v. Payne
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-11-22· cited 123×
• Kroger Co. v. Willgruber
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-04-25· cited 94×
• Davis v. Graviss
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-05-31· cited 87×
• David v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-19· cited 80×
• Gould v. Charlton Co., Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-09-26· cited 76×
• Reed v. Wimmer
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-10-27· cited 75×
• Capital Holding Corp. v. Bailey
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-03-24· cited 73×
• Brewer v. Hillard
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1999-08-13· cited 63×
• Brock v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 61×
• Spivey Ex Rel. Spivey v. Sheeler
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1974-08-23· cited 42×
• Harris v. Thompson
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1973-06-29· cited 41×
• Conner v. George W. Whitesides Co.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-06-04· cited 34×
• Cooper v. Fultz
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 29×