Hopkins v. Blanco

How courts have described this case

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• holding that the Equal Rights Amendment requires that wife as well as husband be permitted to recover for loss of consortium.
• holding that the Equal Rights Amendment requires that wife as well as husband be permitted to recover for loss of consortium.
• holding that the right to recover for loss of consortium extended to wives, replacing the previous rule that only husbands were entitled to pursue such a cause of action
• holding, under Equal Rights Amendment, that wife should be allowed to recover for loss of consortium
• holding that because a husband had a right to recover for loss of consortium as a result of a tortious injury to his wife, the Equal Rights Amendment to the Pennsylvania Constitution, Pa. Const. Art. I, § 28, requires that a wife be allowed to recover for such a loss as well
• extending to married women the right to claim damages for loss of consortium

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Cited by

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

• Hopson v. St. Mary's Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1979-01-23· cited 250×
• Rizzo v. Haines
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-06· cited 222×
• Singer v. Sheppard
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-06-26· cited 206×
• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 193×
• Tiernan v. Devoe
  Third Circuit· 1991-01-17· cited 167×
• Weaver v. Harpster
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-20· cited 127×
• Buttermore v. Aliquippa Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-06· cited 116×
• Fischer v. Department of Public Welfare
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-05· cited 78×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 2001-01-09· cited 77×
• DiFlorido v. DiFlorido
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 74×
• Staiano v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-03· cited 65×
• Sarah Anne Williams Wayne Williams, on Behalf of Their Minor Son, John Williams v. The School District of Bethlehem, Pa
  Third Circuit· 1993-07-30· cited 62×
• Steiner by Steiner v. Bell Tele. Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-18· cited 60×
• Butler v. Butler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-10-30· cited 57×
• Darr Construction Co. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-21· cited 53×
• Lundgren v. Whitney's Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-07-31· cited 51×
• Jacoby v. Brinckerhoff
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-10· cited 47×
• Linebaugh v. Lehr
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-20· cited 37×
• Klein v. Council of Chemical Associations
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1984-04-03· cited 35×
• Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Insurance Commissioner of Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-27· cited 35×

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conway v. Dana
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-26· cited 177×
• Neuberg v. Bobowicz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1960-06-30· cited 54×
• Hopkins v. Blanco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 43×
• Link v. Highway Express Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 13×
• Brown v. Glenside Lumber & Coal Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-24· cited 10×
• Brown v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 7×

Other cases named Hopkins v. Blanco

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Hopkins v. Blanco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-27· cited 43×