Kerns v. Methodist Hospital

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that a party opposing summary judgment on the grounds that discovery is incomplete must establish that the requested discovery is material
• applying Feld to address the plaintiff’s claim that the security program for the protection of staff, patients, and visitors implemented by a hospital was inadequate
• applying Feld to address the plaintiff’s claim that the security program for the protection of staff, patients, and visitors implemented by a hospital was inadequate
• summary judgment not premature despite outstanding discovery requests, where proposed discovery would not further inquiry
• lack of duty to protect deliveryman from unanticipated third-party attack at nursing residence owned by hospital
• lack of duty to protect deliveryman from unanticipated third-party attack at nursing residence owned by hospital

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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

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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-13· cited 100×
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  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-07-14· cited 83×
• Harford Mutual Insurance v. Moorhead
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-07-25· cited 65×
• Newell v. Montana West, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-19· cited 59×
• White v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas, Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-30· cited 58×
• Myszkowski v. Penn Stroud Hotel, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-30· cited 49×
• Jacques v. Akzo International Salt, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-15· cited 48×
• Lange v. Burd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-05-17· cited 45×
• Iron Worker's Savings & Loan Ass'n v. IWS, Inc.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-24· cited 39×
• Jefferson Bank v. Newton Associates
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-26· cited 32×
• Taylor v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-11· cited 24×
• DUBLIN BY DUBLIN v. Shuster
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-09-30· cited 23×
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  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-07· cited 22×
• Porro v. CENTURY III ASSOCIATES
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-04-06· cited 21×
• Vosburg v. Connolly
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-06-03· cited 19×
• Maxwell v. Keas
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-09· cited 18×
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  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2004-01-05· cited 10×
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  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-05· cited 10×
• James v. Duquesne University
  W.D. Pennsylvania· 2013-03-30· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Feld v. Merriam
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-18· cited 477×
• Williams v. Cunningham Drug Stores, Inc
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1988-01-19· cited 273×
• Garrett v. City & County of San Francisco
  Ninth Circuit· 1987-06-10· cited 227×
• Cornpropst v. Sloan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1975-09-29· cited 195×
• Phaff v. Gerner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 133×
• Lynne Koplove and Jay S. Koplove v. Ford Motor Company
  Third Circuit· 1986-08-14· cited 107×
• Salerno v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-08-22· cited 90×
• Curran v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-22· cited 74×
• Moran v. Valley Forge Drive-In Theater, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-10-03· cited 63×
• Cook v. Safeway Stores, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-03-16· cited 56×
• Castillo v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 4th Dist. (San Antonio)· 1983-11-30· cited 53×
• Murphy v. Penn Fruit Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-18· cited 52×
• William G. Ward v. United States of America. Kenneth v. Montag and Alice L. Montag, His Wife v. United States
  Third Circuit· 1973-01-09· cited 51×
• Irrera v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-12-11· cited 43×
• Granthum v. Textile Machine Works
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-09-23· cited 41×
• Lombardo v. DeMarco
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-12-30· cited 39×
• Glen Eden Hospital, Inc., a Michigan Corporation v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 1984-07-16· cited 34×
• Parsonese v. Midland National Insurance
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-20· cited 34×
• Berdeaux v. CITY NAT. BANK OF BIRMINGHAM
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-12-22· cited 32×
• Bruno v. Elitzky
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-09· cited 29×