Hales v. Pittman

How courts have described this case

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

• noting “the fundamental right of every adult of sound mind to determine what should be done to his [or her] body”
• noting “the fundamental right of every adult of sound mind to determine what should be done to his body”
• noting “the fundamental right of every adult of sound mind to determine what should be done to his [or her] body”
• noting “the fundamental right of every adult of sound mind to determine what should be done to his body”
• not error to decline to give general negligence instruction when court gave instructions specifically framed in terms of a physician
• not error to decline to give general negligence instruction when court gave instructions specifically framed in terms of a physician

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Tracy v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1991-03-27· cited 204×
• Neade v. Portes
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2000-10-26· cited 196×
• Petrillo v. Syntex Laboratories, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1986-06-26· cited 194×
• Grant v. Arizona Public Service Co.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1982-10-07· cited 183×
• Brown v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1999-08-05· cited 120×
• Gaston v. Hunter
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1978-08-29· cited 110×
• Duncan v. Scottsdale Medical Imaging, Ltd.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 2003-06-16· cited 79×
• Scott v. Bradford
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1979-11-28· cited 79×
• Duquette v. Superior Court
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1989-08-03· cited 56×
• Paul Isaacson v. Tom Horne
  Ninth Circuit· 2013-05-21· cited 49×
• State v. Estrada
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2004-11-04· cited 49×
• Christian Lewis v. Sheila D. Moore
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-03-30· cited 49×
• Cottonwood Estates, Inc. v. Paradise Builders, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1981-02-04· cited 43×
• Gorney v. Meaney
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 2007-01-31· cited 33×
• Ketchup v. Howard
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2001-01-19· cited 27×
• Ring v. Taylor
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1984-03-01· cited 27×
• Rutledge v. Arizona Board of Regents
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1985-05-23· cited 25×
• Alan Andersen v. Sohit Khanna and Iowa Heart Center
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2018-06-15· cited 22×
• Taylor v. DiRico
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1980-01-23· cited 21×
• Starkins v. Bateman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1986-01-23· cited 17×