Jaworski v. Kiernan

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a recklessness or intentional misconduct standard should be used in a case involving a recreational soccer game
• noting that the test of foreseeability is “harm of the general nature suffered”
• discussing the decision in Walsh v. Machlin, 128 Conn. 412, 23 A. 2d 156 (1941)
• adopting reckless or intentional conduct standard of care for determining tort liability for injuries sustained during athletic events
• participant in a co-ed recreational soccer match cannot recover for injuries sustained after opponent made contact with her during the course of play
• applies no-duty rule in “team athletic contests,” but this would not include golf

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Maffucci v. Royal Park Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-01-27· cited 360×
• Doe v. Yale University
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2000-04-11· cited 223×
• Perodeau v. City of Hartford
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-03-26· cited 184×
• Southwest Key Program, Inc. v. Gil-Perez
  Texas Supreme Court· 2002-07-03· cited 159×
• Hartford Electric Supply Co. v. Allen-Bradley Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1999-08-24· cited 136×
• Pfenning v. Lineman
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2011-05-18· cited 133×
• Ritchie-Gamester v. City of Berkley
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1999-07-30· cited 128×
• Lodge v. Arett Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 122×
• Benjamin Feld, Larry Feld, And Judith Feld Vs. Luke Borkowski
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-10-22· cited 90×
• LaFlamme v. Dallessio
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-06· cited 87×
• Hanks v. Powder Ridge Restaurant Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-11-29· cited 70×
• Rizzuto v. Davidson Ladders, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2006-10-03· cited 61×
• LePage v. Horne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-12-03· cited 60×
• Karas v. Strevell
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2008-02-22· cited 56×
• Jagger v. Mohawk Mountain Ski Area, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-06-22· cited 47×
• Monk v. Temple George Associates, LLC
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2005-03-29· cited 47×
• Baptiste v. Better Val-U Supermarket, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-12-10· cited 41×
• Gray v. Giroux
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2000-06-16· cited 39×
• Prato v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-09-01· cited 38×
• Ciarlelli v. Romeo
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1997-08-19· cited 38×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Turcotte v. Fell
  New York Court of Appeals· 1986-11-25· cited 1,307×
• RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-12-06· cited 673×
• Shore v. Town of Stonington
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-18· cited 403×
• Thompson v. McNeill
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-15· cited 314×
• Maloney v. Conroy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-07-26· cited 266×
• Marchetti v. Kalish
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-15· cited 196×
• Petriello v. Kalman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-19· cited 152×
• United Illuminating Co. v. Groppo
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-01-07· cited 100×
• Crawn v. Campo
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-07-21· cited 95×
• Nabozny v. Barnhill
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-07-23· cited 94×
• Frankovitch v. Burton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1981-07-21· cited 92×
• Pfister v. Shusta
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 81×
• Dale Hackbart v. Cincinnati Bengals, Inc., and Charles \Booby\ Clark
  Tenth Circuit· 1979-06-11· cited 73×
• Ross v. Clouser
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1982-08-23· cited 70×
• Fazio v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-12-27· cited 49×
• Noebel v. Housing Authority
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1959-02-17· cited 48×
• Dotzler v. Tuttle
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1990-01-05· cited 45×
• Hoke v. Cullinan
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 43×
• SLI International Corp. v. Crystal
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-02-27· cited 30×