Clayton v. Kelly

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that, if a doctor responds to an emergency because his employment requires him to do so, then he does not need a special inducement to offer aid
• “[Cjlearly the occurrence of an ‘emergency’ will not invoke the immunity, if it was the doctor’s duty to respond to the emergency.”
• because purpose of good Samaritan statute is to induce voluntary rescue by removing fear of potential liability, statute is directed at persons who are not under some pre-existing duty to rescue

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sabia v. State
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-10-30· cited 85×
• Velazquez Ex Rel. Velazquez v. Jiminez
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2002-05-29· cited 49×
• Home Star Bank and Financial Services, etc. v. Emergency Care and Health Organization, Ltd.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2014-04-24· cited 32×
• Johnson v. Matviuw
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1988-11-28· cited 31×
• Hirpa v. IHC Hospitals, Inc.
  Utah Supreme Court· 1997-11-14· cited 27×
• Minster v. Pohl
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1992-11-23· cited 24×
• Anderson v. Houser
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1999-10-06· cited 20×
• Velazquez v. Jiminez
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 2000-12-19· cited 20×
• Tatum v. Gigliotti
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-14· cited 19×
• Deal v. Kearney
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1993-05-14· cited 17×
• Drake v. Drake
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2000-10-20· cited 17×
• Herrin Business Products, Inc. v. Ergle
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-03-06· cited 11×
• Henry v. Barfield
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-03-17· cited 10×
• Neal v. Yang
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2004-09-30· cited 10×
• Willingham v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2005-07-07· cited 8×
• Street v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1990-11-01· cited 8×
• Gilley v. Hudson
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2007-03-06· cited 4×
• Hardingham v. United Counseling Service
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1995-09-01· cited 3×
• Clarken v. United States
  D. New Jersey· 1991-02-19· cited 1×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lee Ex Rel. Lee v. State
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1971-11-30· cited 43×
• Colby v. Schwartz
  California Court of Appeal· 1978-03-20· cited 40×
• Burciaga v. St. John's Hospital
  California Court of Appeal· 1986-12-02· cited 14×
• Higgins v. Detroit Osteopathic Hospital Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1986-09-16· cited 10×
• Wallace v. Hall
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1978-04-06· cited 7×