Burns v. Bradley

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the fact the plaintiff “had seven drinks at the [defendants’ establishment],” standing alone, was insufficient to prove that the defendants breached their duty to refrain from serving liquor to the plaintiff while he was intoxicated
• \The test for negligence is whether [a] reasonably prudent person under the circumstances should recognize and foresee an unreasonable risk or likelihood of harm to others.\ (emphasis added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Littleton v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1982-12-30· cited 30×
• Elsperman v. Plump
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1983-04-07· cited 29×
• Hickingbotham v. Burke
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1995-07-24· cited 26×
• Chagnon Lumber Co., Inc. v. DeMulder
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-03-11· cited 19×
• Demers Nursing Home, Inc. v. R. C. Foss & Son, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1982-08-17· cited 17×
• Waid v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1984-10-26· cited 14×
• In re Lisa H.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1991-04-26· cited 14×
• Suojanen v. Tardif
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-11-20· cited 12×
• Belanger v. City of Nashua
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-05-11· cited 11×
• Bennett v. Town of Hampstead
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-07-11· cited 10×
• In Re Guardianship of Phuong Phi Thi Luong
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2008-07-02· cited 8×
• Fleming v. Martin
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1982-02-19· cited 8×
• Sprague v. Town of Acworth
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-09-17· cited 7×
• Hall v. Tibert
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1989-12-29· cited 6×
• Slater v. Planning Board of Town of Rumney
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-03-16· cited 5×
• Appeal of Tower Hill Tavern, LLC
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2025-09-12· cited 1×
• Emerson Electric v. Ouellette, et al.
  D. New Hampshire· 1998-05-12

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ouellette v. Blanchard
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1976-09-30· cited 99×
• Favorite v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-12-12· cited 77×
• Ramsey v. Anctil
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1965-07-21· cited 64×
• Kierstead v. Betley Chevrolet-Buick, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1978-07-18· cited 35×
• Vickers v. Vickers
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1968-05-29· cited 18×
• Dowd v. Portsmouth Hospital
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1963-09-30· cited 13×
• Pridham v. Cash & Carry Building Center, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1976-05-29· cited 12×
• Lepage v. L'HEUREUX
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-03-30· cited 7×
• Lane v. Ackley
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-02-14· cited 3×