Clohessy v. Bachelor

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing cause of action for bystander emotional distress for person closely related to injury victim
• specifying that the third prong of this four-part test requiring that “the injury of the victim be substantial, resulting in a death or a serious physical injury”
• allowing parent and sibling to pursue recovery for emotional distress resulting from witnessing fatal injury to relative
• recognizing bystander emotional distress as a viable cause of action
• imposing limitations on liability on basis of experience of other jurisdictions
• “a plaintiff should be allowed to recover, within certain limitations, for emotional distress as a result of harm, done to a third party” [emphasis added]

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Pamela B. v. Ment
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-03-31· cited 501×
• Gazo v. City of Stamford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-01-30· cited 339×
• Doe v. Yale University
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-11· cited 223×
• Santopietro v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-27· cited 203×
• Mendillo v. Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 190×
• Perodeau v. City of Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 184×
• Pion v. Southern New England Telephone Co.
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-04-08· cited 178×
• Lombard v. Edward J. Peters, Jr., P.C.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-04· cited 172×
• Lodge v. Arett Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 122×
• Zamstein v. Marvasti
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-04-22· cited 105×
• Craig v. Driscoll
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2003-02-04· cited 98×
• Marzolf v. Stone
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-08-20· cited 89×
• Hegel v. McMahon
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-08-20· cited 84×
• Hansen v. Ohio Casualty Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-12-31· cited 74×
• Bell v. Board of Education
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-10-26· cited 74×
• Eskin v. Bartee
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-08-14· cited 68×
• Emerick v. Kuhn
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1999-04-20· cited 66×
• Moore v. Continental Casualty Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-03-13· cited 58×
• Gomes v. Commercial Union Insurance
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-11-20· cited 50×
• Jacoby v. Brinckerhoff
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-10· cited 47×

Cites

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

• Mingachos v. CBS, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-30· cited 1,640×
• Ferryman v. City of Groton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-07-18· cited 1,094×
• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-12-06· cited 673×
• Boyles v. Kerr
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-05-05· cited 598×
• Paugh v. Hanks
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-07-27· cited 441×
• Thing v. La Chusa
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-27· cited 440×
• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Amodio v. Cunningham
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-08-12· cited 366×
• Portee v. Jaffee
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-29· cited 279×
• Maloney v. Conroy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-26· cited 266×
• Lejeune v. Rayne Branch Hosp.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1990-02-05· cited 264×
• Niederman v. Brodsky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-01-09· cited 260×
• Hopson v. St. Mary's Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-23· cited 250×
• Ferriter v. Daniel O'Connell's Sons, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1980-09-09· cited 249×
• Bovsun v. Sanperi
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-02-23· cited 247×
• Ochoa v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1985-07-29· cited 226×
• Hunsley v. Giard
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-08-19· cited 207×
• Masaki v. General Motors Corp.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1989-09-20· cited 188×
• Leong Ex Rel. Petagno v. Takasaki
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1974-03-28· cited 176×