Fitzpatrick v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that although State had duty to keep felons in custody which obligation flowed to the public at large, State had no legal duty to police officer injured by parolee given lack of special relationship between State and victim
• affirming order dismissing plaintiffs suit for damages based on injury caused by parolee from Iowa penitentiary
• affirming order dismissing plaintiff’s suit for damages based on injury caused by parolee from Iowa penitentiary
• parole officer had no legal duty to police officer injured by parolee given lack of special relationship between actor and victim
• parole officer had no legal duty to police officer injured by parolee
• duty to control actionable only when there is a special relationship

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bartunek v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2003-07-25· cited 117×
• Kelly v. Sinclair Oil Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-10-16· cited 70×
• Sankey v. Richenberger
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-05-23· cited 67×
• Kolbe v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-04-25· cited 56×
• Maxine Gail Veatch v. City of Waverly and Jason Leonard, Individually and in His Official Capacity
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2015-01-09· cited 31×
• Raas v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-03-30· cited 29×
• Morgan v. Perlowski
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-11-24· cited 26×
• Weltzin v. COBANK, ACB
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-09-06· cited 20×
• Estate of Mercedes Gottschalk by Coexecutors Richard Gottschalk and Rebecca Rassler v. Pomeroy Development, Inc. D/B/A Pomeroy Care Center v. State of Iowa, Third-Party on Review From the Iowa Court of Appeal
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-04-14· cited 20×
• Tate v. Derifield
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-01-19· cited 19×
• Mahomes-Vinson v. United States
  D. Kansas· 1990-10-04· cited 14×
• Schmidt v. Mahoney
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-04-02· cited 12×
• Donahue v. Washington County
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2002-02-06· cited 9×
• Bohan v. Hogan
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-07-23· cited 8×
• Stanley v. Fitzgerald
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1993-12-22· cited 6×
• In Re the Marriage of Dieger
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 1998-06-24· cited 4×
• Amended July 3, 2017 Estate of Mercedes Gottschalk by Coexecutors Richard Gottschalk and Rebecca Rassler v. Pomeroy Development, Inc. D/B/A Pomeroy Care Center v. State of Iowa, Third-Party On Review From
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2017-04-14
• Myron J. Raas Vs. State Of Iowa Vs. State Of Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-03-30
• Adrian v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-04-18

Cites

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

• Martinez v. California
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-03· cited 1,332×
• Cuffy v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-02-19· cited 547×
• Thomas L. Bowers, Administrator of the Estate of Marguerite Anne Bowers, Deceased v. Robert A. Devito, M.D.
  Seventh Circuit· 1982-09-02· cited 397×
• Fox v. Custis
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-07-13· cited 130×
• Sawicki v. Village of Ottawa Hills
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-06-29· cited 127×
• Williams v. State of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1955-06-02· cited 101×
• Pottebaum v. Hinds
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-04-11· cited 83×
• Zelma Jones v. George M. Phyfer
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-05-28· cited 58×
• Hildenbrand v. Cox
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-06-19· cited 46×
• Cole v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-02-18· cited 45×
• Leeanne Wright v. The City of Ozark
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-09-26· cited 43×
• Smith v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1982-09-29· cited 42×
• Kimberly Ann Carlson v. Raymond Henry Conklin, Perry Johnson
  Sixth Circuit· 1987-03-12· cited 41×
• Weber v. Madison
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-03-16· cited 41×
• MH by and Through Callahan v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-04-16· cited 39×
• Board of Directors of the Lone Tree Community School District v. County Board of Education
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-06-11· cited 33×
• Rick v. Boegel
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1973-03-28· cited 32×
• Citizens for Washington Square v. City of Davenport
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1979-04-25· cited 21×
• Anthony v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1985-09-18· cited 19×
• American National Bank v. Sivers
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-05-21· cited 17×