Doe v. Dewhirst

How courts have described this case

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

• “The presumption of incapacity [for a ten-year-old infant] is overcome when the evidence shows that a reasonable person of like age, intelligence, and experience would understand the danger of his conduct under the same or similar circumstances.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Virginia Electric & Power Co. v. Dungee
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1999-09-17· cited 74×
• Lee v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1998-02-27· cited 21×
• Smithers v. C & G Custom Module Hauling
  E.D. Virginia· 2000-04-25· cited 7×
• Singleton v. Harris Family Trust
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 1992-09-24
• Terry v. Harris
  Richmond County Circuit Court· 2001-08-08

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hadeed v. Medic-24, Ltd.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1989-03-03· cited 82×
• Bain v. Phillips
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-10-08· cited 35×
• Grant v. Mays
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1963-01-14· cited 23×
• Medcom, Inc. v. C. Arthur Weaver Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-09-05· cited 22×
• Norfolk & Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad v. Barker
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1981-03-06· cited 18×
• Moore v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1960-01-18· cited 16×
• Eggleston v. Broadway-Manhattan Taxicab Corp.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-01-26· cited 7×
• Endicott v. Rich
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-09-05· cited 5×