Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• res judicata is not to be so rigidly applied as to defeat the ends of justice or to create an injustice
• “The binding effect of res judicata has been held not to apply when fairness and justice would not support it”
• res judicata is not to be so rigidly applied as to defeat the ends of justice or to create an injustice
• first-party claims must be brought in the same litigation if the party discovers the alleged spoliation during the pendency of that litigation
• “[T]he doctrine of res judicata is to be applied in particular situations as fairness and justice require, [but] .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Dardinger v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-12-20· cited 84×
• Dardinger v. Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Sheild
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-12-20· cited 61×
• State ex rel. Coles v. Granville
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2007-11-20· cited 54×
• State ex rel. Committee for the Referendum v. Lorain County Board of Elections
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-08-16· cited 44×
• State ex rel. Commt. for the Referendum of Lorain Ordinance No. 77-01 v. Lorain Cty. Bd. of Elections
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2002-08-16· cited 38×
• Meyer v. Chieffo
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2011-04-07· cited 35×
• State ex rel. Dewine v. Ashworth
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-11-29· cited 26×
• State ex rel. Estate of Miles v. Village of Piketon
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2009-03-04· cited 24×
• Elliott-Thomas v. Smith (Slip Opinion)
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2018-05-08· cited 18×
• Stillwagon v. City of Delaware
  S.D. Ohio· 2016-03-31· cited 17×
• Bus. Dev. Corp. of S.C. v. Rutter & Russin, LLC
  Sixth Circuit· 2022-06-16· cited 15×
• State v. Harding
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2014-03-25· cited 10×
• Monroe v. Forum Health
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2012-12-24· cited 10×
• State v. Bryant
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-02-04· cited 10×
• Marconi v. Savage
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-09-05· cited 9×
• Cleveland v. S.W. Invests., L.L.C.
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2024-04-04· cited 9×
• Patriot Water Treatment, L.L.C. v. Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2013-12-10· cited 8×
• Quality Measurement Co. v. IPSOS S.A.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-01-08· cited 8×
• Davis v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 2001-10-31· cited 7×
• Jochum v. State ex rel. Mentor
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2020-08-24· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Grava v. Parkman Township
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1995-08-30· cited 1,323×
• Moskovitz v. Mt. Sinai Medical Center
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-07-27· cited 529×
• Preston v. Murty
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1987-09-09· cited 454×
• Zoppo v. Homestead Insurance
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1994-12-30· cited 402×
• Cedars-Sinai Medical Center v. Superior Court
  California Supreme Court· 1998-05-11· cited 271×
• Smith v. Howard Johnson Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1993-08-04· cited 212×
• Calmes v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-08-21· cited 105×
• Goff v. Harold Ives Trucking Co., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2000-09-28· cited 47×
• Smith v. Atkinson
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2000-02-04· cited 40×