Feist v. Sears, Roebuck & Company

How courts have described this case

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

• stating the rule, established in Barron v. Duke et al, 120 Or 181, 250 P 628 (1926), that “[fjuture consequences which are reasonably to be expected to follow an injury may be given in evidence for the purpose of enhancing the damages”
• “ ‘Admittedly the probability of [plaintiff] getting epileptic seizures is low and it should be weighed by the jury accordingly’ ”
• \`Admittedly the probability of [plaintiff] getting epileptic seizures is low and it should be weighed by the jury accordingly'\
• four-year-old child sustained basal skull fracture; based on expert testimony, trial court permitted jury to award damages for enhanced susceptibility to meningitis
• testimony established to a reasonable probability that child struck on head by falling cash register had increased susceptibility to meningitis
• plaintiff injured when cash register fell on her head entitled to damages, including damages for future susceptibility to meningitis

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Ayers v. Township of Jackson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-05-07· cited 310×
• Dillon v. Evanston Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 253×
• Blannie S. Wilson, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry J. Wilson, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-30· cited 169×
• Petriello v. Kalman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-19· cited 152×
• Davis v. Graviss
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-05-31· cited 87×
• Zehr v. Haugen
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1994-04-21· cited 55×
• Swartz v. Gale Webb Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2007-02-27· cited 55×
• Hansen v. Bussman
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1976-04-29· cited 35×
• Wilson v. Tobiassen
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1989-07-19· cited 33×
• Lowe v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2008-05-01· cited 32×
• United States v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1995-11-22· cited 29×
• Joshi v. Providence Health System of Oregon Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2005-03-30· cited 26×
• Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp.
  W.D. Tennessee· 1986-08-01· cited 25×
• Amendola v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.
  W.D. Missouri· 1988-11-14· cited 23×
• Harris v. Kissling
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1986-06-18· cited 14×
• Smith v. Providence Health & Services - Oregon
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2017-05-11· cited 10×
• Cleland v. Wilcox
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1975-12-26· cited 9×
• Henderson v. Hercules, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1982-06-16· cited 9×
• Anderson v. Golden
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-03-01· cited 9×
• Michals v. William T. Watkins Memorial United Methodist Church
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1994-03-25· cited 8×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Lorch v. Eglin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1952-01-07· cited 52×
• Schwegel v. Goldberg
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-23· cited 45×
• Nielsen v. Brown
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1962-09-26· cited 41×
• Henderson v. Union Pacific Railroad
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1950-06-06· cited 32×
• Figlar v. Gordon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1947-05-01· cited 29×
• Boyle v. Pennsylvania Railroad
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-05-22· cited 26×
• Devine v. Southern Pacific Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1956-03-28· cited 14×
• Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago R. R. v. Moore
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1903-11-12· cited 10×
• Hale v. Electric Steel Foundry Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1948-02-18· cited 9×