Humes v. Clinton

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “viability is an improper condition precedent to recovery when the injured fetus is born alive ... [but] viability is not an illogical condition precedent when a negligently injured fetus is stillborn” because it “has never become an independent living person”
• noting “that viability—the ability to live independently of the mother—is an irrelevant demarcation when a child survives prenatal injuries and is born [alive] with damages suffered within the womb”
• affirming summary judgment for manufacturer based on the “learned intermediary” doctrine
• no genuine issue of fact on adequacy of warning where plaintiffs' own experts testified warning was adequate
• \A majority of states allow an action for wrongful death of a viable fetus even when it is stillborn as a result of the prenatal injuries.\
• because intrauterine devices (IUD’s) are available only through licensed medical care providers, the doctrine applies to IUD manufacturers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• John Crumpton, IV v. Daryl Gates Tom Bradley Tom Reddin Ed Davis Herbert Boeckmann Maxwell E. Greenberg Barbara L. Schlei Robert Talcott
  Ninth Circuit· 1991-11-04· cited 1,037×
• Wright Ex Rel. Trust Co. v. Abbott Laboratories, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-08-06· cited 738×
• Ralston v. Smith & Nephew Richards, Inc.
  Tenth Circuit· 2001-12-26· cited 310×
• Sawyer v. Southwest Airlines Co.
  D. Kansas· 2003-03-18· cited 131×
• Nealis v. Baird
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1999-12-07· cited 130×
• Gourdine v. Crews
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2008-09-04· cited 111×
• Garcia-Paz v. Swift Textiles, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1995-01-02· cited 104×
• Vitanza v. Upjohn Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2001-08-07· cited 67×
• Lewis v. Thompson
  Second Circuit· 2001-05-22· cited 64×
• Miller v. Sloan, Listrom, Eisenbarth, Sloan & Glassman
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1999-04-23· cited 61×
• Wiersma v. MAPLE LEAP FARMS
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 1996-02-14· cited 58×
• Fusaro v. First Family Mortgage Corp.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1995-06-02· cited 52×
• Centocor, Inc. v. Hamilton
  Texas Supreme Court· 2012-06-08· cited 43×
• Bolin v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  D. Kansas· 1991-03-06· cited 42×
• Ali v. Douglas Cable Communications
  D. Kansas· 1996-05-24· cited 33×
• State Ex Rel. Johnson & Johnson Corp. v. Karl
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-06-29· cited 30×
• Schweitzer-Reschke v. Avnet, Inc.
  D. Kansas· 1995-01-06· cited 29×
• Ankrom v. State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2013-01-11· cited 28×
• In Re Norplant Contraceptive Products Liability Litigation
  E.D. Texas· 2002-08-14· cited 27×
• Rambo v. Lawson
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1990-11-20· cited 26×

Cites

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

• Reyes v. Wyeth Laboratories
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-07-31· cited 219×
• Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1977-08-08· cited 211×
• McEwen v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1974-11-15· cited 179×
• Dietrich v. Inhabitants of Northampton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1884-10-27· cited 178×
• Davis v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1968-01-22· cited 165×
• Judith Brochu and Emmanuel T. Brochu v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
  First Circuit· 1981-04-07· cited 157×
• Wooderson v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1984-04-27· cited 146×
• Terhune v. A. H. Robins Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1978-04-27· cited 139×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Chapman
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-05-02· cited 134×
• MacDonald v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-02-28· cited 134×
• Hamilton v. Hardy
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1976-03-18· cited 103×
• Nancy C. Lindsay and Bruce H. Lindsay v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corporation
  Second Circuit· 1980-12-08· cited 102×
• Tetuan v. A.H. Robins Co.
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1987-06-12· cited 100×
• Hoard v. Shawnee Mission Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1983-04-29· cited 99×
• State Ex Rel. Odham v. Sherman
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1964-03-12· cited 98×
• Bowman v. Doherty
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1984-07-13· cited 95×
• Bonbrest v. Kotz
  District of Columbia· 1946-03-06· cited 94×
• Hoffman v. Sterling Drug, Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1973-08-08· cited 94×
• Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. v. Chapman
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1979-03-29· cited 93×
• Amadio v. Levin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-04· cited 90×