Heath v. First Baptist Church

How courts have described this case

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

• ruling that church may be liable for slip and fall based on traditional premises liability theories
• summary judgment for the defendant reversed, despite plaintiff's admission that she had tripped over the same defect in the floor three or four times prior to her fall causing her injuries

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Destefano v. Grabrian
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1988-10-17· cited 349×
• Malicki v. Doe
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-03-14· cited 138×
• Clark v. Moore Mem. United Meth. Church
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1989-01-25· cited 79×
• Finch v. City of Vernon
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-07-21· cited 73×
• Pittman v. Volusia County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1980-03-12· cited 66×
• Franco v. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
  Utah Supreme Court· 2001-03-09· cited 58×
• Bladen v. First Presbyterian Church of Sallisaw
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1993-07-20· cited 38×
• McCabe v. Walt Disney World Co.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-10-11· cited 33×
• Lynch v. Brown
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1986-06-04· cited 25×
• Rocamonde v. Marshalls of Ma, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2011-03-09· cited 25×
• Gorin v. City of St. Augustine
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1992-03-13· cited 19×
• Hogan v. Chupka
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-05-21· cited 16×
• McAllister v. Robbins
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1989-05-04· cited 13×
• Lukancich v. City of Tampa
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-07-10· cited 9×
• Zuk v. United States
  S.D. Florida· 1988-10-06· cited 9×
• Bovino v. Metropolitan Dade County
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1979-12-04· cited 8×
• Ayers v. City of Miami
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-03-12· cited 6×
• Trowell v. United States
  M.D. Florida· 1981-11-19· cited 6×
• Williams v. Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2019-03-21· cited 1×
• Unnamed case
  Eleventh Circuit· 1989-07-21

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Holl v. Talcott
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1966-06-01· cited 829×
• Wood v. Camp
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-10-03· cited 169×
• Meistrich v. Casino Arena Attractions, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1959-10-26· cited 144×
• McNulty v. Hurley
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1957-09-18· cited 91×
• Post v. Lunney
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1972-04-05· cited 91×
• Hall v. Holton
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-04-28· cited 19×
• Waterman v. Graham
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1969-12-12· cited 5×