Johnson v. Woman's Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming judgment against hospital for breach of burial contract resulting in mental anguish
• displaying plaintiff’s deceased infant to her inside a jar of formaldehyde
• “Under the contract theory of the case punitive damages are not allowable . . . .”
• damages for mental anguish not recoverable in contract action, with exception in cases for burial or embalmment of a body
• “The general rule is that punitive damages are not recoverable in a contract action and neither are damages for mental anguish[.]”
• “The general rule is that punitive damages are not recoverable in a contract action and neither are damages for mental anguish[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-20· cited 2,352×
• Bain v. Wells
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-01-13· cited 1,057×
• Lawrence Ex Rel. Powell v. Stanford
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1983-08-15· cited 244×
• Miller v. Willbanks
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1999-11-15· cited 106×
• Duran v. Hyundai Motor America, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2008-02-27· cited 89×
• Tamarin Lindenberg v. Jackson Nat'l Life Ins. Co.
  Sixth Circuit· 2018-12-21· cited 76×
• Swallows v. Western Elec. Co., Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-11-15· cited 59×
• Levy v. Franks
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 2004-07-09· cited 58×
• Seay v. City of Knoxville
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-03-08· cited 56×
• Moorhead v. JC Penney Co., Inc.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1977-09-19· cited 53×
• Whitehair v. Highland Memory Gardens, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-03-01· cited 41×
• Shelton v. Russell Pipe & Foundry Co.
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1978-09-11· cited 40×
• Dunn v. Moto Photo, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1991-12-27· cited 35×
• B. F. Myers & Son of Goodlettsville, Inc. v. Evans
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1980-11-07· cited 35×
• Potter v. Tucker
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1985-01-24· cited 27×
• Hutchison v. Pyburn
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1977-04-29· cited 26×
• McCoy v. Georgia Baptist Hospital
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1983-07-15· cited 25×
• Dunbar v. Strimas
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1981-12-04· cited 25×
• Miller v. Alman Construction Co.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1983-12-09· cited 23×
• Cossairt v. Jarrett Builders, Inc.
  M.D. Tennessee· 2018-02-20· cited 17×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Knierim v. Izzo
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1961-03-29· cited 328×
• Hill v. Travelers Insurance
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1927-06-25· cited 33×
• Crowe v. Provost
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1963-05-17· cited 32×
• Brown v. University Nursing Home, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1972-12-01· cited 31×
• Transports, Inc. v. Perry
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1967-03-17· cited 30×
• Zirkle v. Stegall
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1931-11-14· cited 29×
• Nashville Railway & Light Co. v. Henderson
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1906-12-15· cited 22×
• Holt v. McCann
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1968-03-01· cited 12×
• Tabler v. Connor
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1873-12-15· cited 12×
• Sullivan v. Morrow
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1973-06-29· cited 10×
• Shelton v. Southern Ry. Co.
  E.D. Tennessee· 1918-03-19· cited 10×
• Vest v. Bitner
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1950-08-28· cited 9×