Hitaffer v. Argonne Co., Inc

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he injury to the consortium is an injury to a right which is independent of any right in the other spouse and to which the defendant owes an independent duty.”
• This was the first case extending the right to consortium to women

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
  Supreme Court· 1974-03-18· cited 648×
• Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1952-01-14· cited 414×
• Dini v. Naiditch
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1960-09-30· cited 268×
• Hopson v. St. Mary's Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-23· cited 250×
• Whittlesey v. Miller
  Texas Supreme Court· 1978-10-11· cited 223×
• Millington v. Southeastern Elevator Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-07-02· cited 180×
• Joy v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1993-07-27· cited 174×
• Hedgepeth v. Whitman Walker Clinic
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2011-06-30· cited 163×
• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-10-10· cited 162×
• Elden v. Sheldon
  California Supreme Court· 1988-08-18· cited 141×
• Smither and Company, Inc. v. Franciska T. Coles
  D.C. Circuit· 1957-06-10· cited 126×
• Crawford v. Pope & Talbot, Inc. Lucibello v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1953-09-03· cited 114×
• Peter Igneri and Theresa Igneri v. Cie. De Transports Oceaniques
  Second Circuit· 1963-09-18· cited 105×
• Crowley v. North American Telecommunications Ass'n
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-04-10· cited 99×
• Acuff v. Schmit
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1956-09-18· cited 98×
• Novak v. Kansas City Transit, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1963-03-11· cited 87×
• Werthan Bag Corp. v. Agnew. Agnew v. Werthan Bag Corp
  Sixth Circuit· 1953-02-04· cited 85×
• Clouston v. Remlinger Oldsmobile Cadillac, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1970-04-22· cited 83×
• Hoekstra v. Helgeland
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1959-10-13· cited 82×
• HOWARD FRANK, MD, PC v. Superior Court
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1986-07-28· cited 81×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Rich v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1949-11-07· cited 69×
• Gearing v. Berkson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1916-03-01· cited 62×
• Bolger v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1910-03-23· cited 39×
• Lansburgh & Bro. v. Clark
  D.C. Circuit· 1942-04-13· cited 36×
• Kosciolek v. Portland Ry., L. & P. Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1916-10-10· cited 31×
• Howard v. Swagart
  D.C. Circuit· 1947-05-05· cited 30×
• S. S. Kresge Co. v. Kenney
  D.C. Circuit· 1936-08-17· cited 27×
• Stout v. K. C. Terminal Railway Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1913-03-03· cited 26×
• Howard v. Verdigris Valley Electric Co-Operative, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1949-06-21· cited 25×
• Cravens v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1922-02-28· cited 25×
• Michael v. Dunkle
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1882-11-15· cited 17×
• Sobolewski v. German
  Superior Court of Delaware· 1924-12-05· cited 15×
• Browning v. Jones
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1894-03-23· cited 13×
• Clark v. Hill
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1897-03-09· cited 13×
• Landwehr v. Barbas
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1934-03-15· cited 12×
• Smith v. Hockenberry
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1904-11-09· cited 12×
• Maloy v. Foster
  New York Supreme Court· 1938-12-27· cited 7×
• Pierce v. Crisp
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1935-10-01· cited 6×
• Clouser v. Clapper
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1877-11-15· cited 5×
• Guilbault v. Marcoux
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1921-12-17· cited 2×