Fitzpatrick v. Allen

How courts have described this case

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

• during deliberations jurors read from a home medical reference book to determine facts surrounding the causes of cerebral palsy, and the medical reference concluded that the cause of cerebral palsy could not be determined in most cases
• “There can be no inquiry concerning the actual impact of extraneous matter on the jury” [emphasis supplied]
• new trial ordered where extraneous material consisted of a medical reference book
• prevailing party must show no reasonable likelihood of prejudice
• prevailing party must show no reasonable likelihood of prejudice

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Carter v. United States Steel Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-06· cited 67×
• Stagecoach Transportation, Inc. v. Shuttle, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-06· cited 17×
• Labate v. Rutland Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-10-02· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Kamara
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1994-12-30· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 2015-10-02
• Manocchio v. Burns
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 1997-02-05
• Romano v. Watson
  Massachusetts Superior Court· 2004-02-24

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Hasson v. Ford Motor Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1982-09-16· cited 240×
• Ravin v. Gambrell, by and Through Eddy
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1990-03-19· cited 212×
• Woodward v. Leavitt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1871-09-15· cited 166×
• Commonwealth v. Fidler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-01-30· cited 158×
• United States v. Solomon Weiss
  Second Circuit· 1985-01-07· cited 130×
• Richards v. Overlake Hospital Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-09-17· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-12-12· cited 63×
• Wernsing v. General Motors Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1984-02-03· cited 40×
• State of Maryland Deposit Insurance Fund Corp. v. Billman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-17· cited 35×
• Heaver v. Ward
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1979-02-07· cited 34×
• Williams v. Salamone
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-01-24· cited 33×
• Zanetti Bus Lines, Inc. v. Logan
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1965-03-18· cited 31×
• Kirby v. Rosell
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1982-05-11· cited 29×
• Borden v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1985-11-12· cited 29×
• Daniels v. Barker
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1938-06-01· cited 20×
• Barnhart v. International Harvester Company
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1968-06-24· cited 17×
• Maslinski v. Brunswick Hospital Center, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-03-31· cited 13×
• Lopez v. Sears Roebuck and Co.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1989-08-10· cited 9×
• Kansas City Southern Railway Co. v. Chaffin
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1983-07-19· cited 9×
• Sanders v. Curry County
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1969-07-02· cited 7×