Chizmar v. MacKie

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a plaintiffs right to recover emotional damages caused by mere negligence is limited to those cases where the defendant owes the plaintiff a preexisting duty
• looking to precedent, reason and policy in developing the common law
• “[W]e believe that a plaintiff’s right to recover emotional damages caused by mere negligence should be limited to those cases where the defendant owes the plaintiff a preexisting duty.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kolstad v. American Dental Assn.
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-22· cited 1,125×
• Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker Clinic
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-06-30· cited 163×
• Jonathan Woodner Co. v. Breeden
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-09-14· cited 116×
• Verinakis v. Medical Profiles, Inc.
  Tex. App. Ct., 14th Dist. (Houston)· 1999-03-04· cited 75×
• Veco, Inc. v. Rosebrock
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-02-19· cited 65×
• L.D.G., Inc. v. Brown
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-07-10· cited 62×
• Toney v. Chester County Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-22· cited 51×
• Sowinski v. Walker
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2008-12-31· cited 45×
• State v. Carpenter
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-10-26· cited 38×
• A.H. v. Church of God in Christ, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2019-08-15· cited 38×
• Kallstrom v. United States
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2002-03-15· cited 33×
• Clemensen v. Providence Alaska Medical Center
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-03-27· cited 33×
• Fyffe v. Wright
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-06-25· cited 31×
• Reust v. Alaska Petroleum Contractors, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2005-10-28· cited 30×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1998-05-07· cited 29×
• Robles v. Shoreside Petroleum, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2001-08-31· cited 29×
• Anchorage Chrysler Center, Inc. v. DaimlerChrysler Motors Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2009-12-11· cited 29×
• Adkins v. Collens
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2019-07-12· cited 28×
• Karen L. v. State, Department of Health & Social Services, Division of Family & Youth Services
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1998-02-06· cited 27×
• Caudle v. Mendel
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-12-30· cited 26×

Cites

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

• Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California
  California Supreme Court· 1976-07-01· cited 1,035×
• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Guin v. Ha
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1979-03-16· cited 688×
• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Thing v. La Chusa
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-27· cited 440×
• Molien v. Kaiser Foundation Hospitals
  California Supreme Court· 1980-08-25· cited 419×
• Payton v. Abbott Labs
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-06-22· cited 399×
• Christensen v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1991-12-02· cited 375×
• Thompson v. County of Alameda
  California Supreme Court· 1980-07-14· cited 357×
• Montinieri v. Southern New England Telephone, Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1978-07-04· cited 282×
• Burgess v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1992-07-09· cited 274×
• Rodrigues v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1970-07-20· cited 273×
• Lejeune v. Rayne Branch Hosp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-02-05· cited 264×
• Reagan v. Vaughn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-03-06· cited 213×
• Corgan v. Muehling
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1991-05-30· cited 213×
• Faya v. Almaraz
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1993-03-09· cited 187×
• Bass v. Nooney Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 181×
• Marlene F. v. Affiliated Psychiatric Medical Clinic, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-10· cited 180×
• Schultz v. Barberton Glass Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-04-13· cited 138×
• Rasmussen v. South Florida Blood Service
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1987-01-05· cited 122×