Kirk v. Washington State University

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that trial court did not err in allowing jury to consider loss of enjoyment of life when injury to plaintiff's elbow was permanent and she could not become a professional dancer
• noting that a rigorous application of implied primary assumption of risk could undermine the purpose of comparative negligence
• affirming $353,791 damages award for pain and suffering to twenty-year- old cheerleader who sustained permanent elbow injury during unsupervised cheerleading practice
• concluding evidence of prior abortions was prejudicial
• concluding evidence of prior abortions was prejudicial
• Implied unreasonable assumption of risk is widely recognized as a form of contributory negligence, and is therefore, subsumed under contributory negligence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Golden Eagle Archery, Inc. v. Jackson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-09-11· cited 1,485×
• Overstreet v. Shoney's, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-06-04· cited 522×
• Knight v. Jewett
  California Supreme Court· 1992-08-24· cited 403×
• Tincani v. Inland Empire Zoological Society
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-06-16· cited 247×
• McGee v. AC AND S, INC.
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 2006-07-10· cited 212×
• Scott v. Pacific West Mountain Resort
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-07-30· cited 176×
• Green v. A.P.C.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-08-20· cited 111×
• Wagenblast v. Odessa School District No. 105-157-166J
  Washington Supreme Court· 1988-07-07· cited 73×
• Gregoire v. City of Oak Harbor
  Washington Supreme Court· 2010-12-02· cited 63×
• State v. Martinez
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-08-02· cited 49×
• In Re the Disciplinary Proceeding Against Petersen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-02-25· cited 48×
• Bushnell v. Japanese-American Religious & Cultural Center
  California Court of Appeal· 1996-03-11· cited 43×
• Galardi v. Seahorse Riding Club
  California Court of Appeal· 1993-06-17· cited 41×
• KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RY. CO. INC. v. Johnson
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2001-02-08· cited 40×
• Green v. APC (Am. Pharmaceutical Co.)
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-08-20· cited 39×
• Alston v. Blythe
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-09-19· cited 32×
• Smallwood v. Bradford
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1998-11-20· cited 25×
• Vine v. Bear Valley Ski Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-05-11· cited 24×
• Hayes v. Wieber Enterprises, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-04-03· cited 23×
• Home v. North Kitsap School District
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-10-02· cited 22×

Cites

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

• Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
  Supreme Court· 1943-02-01· cited 727×
• Walker v. Illinois
  Supreme Court· 1986-12-01· cited 387×
• State v. Kwan Fai Mak
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-04-24· cited 348×
• Meistrich v. Casino Arena Attractions, Inc.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1959-10-26· cited 144×
• Rutter v. Northeastern Beaver County School District
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-12-17· cited 137×
• Gammon v. Clark Equipment Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-10-17· cited 95×
• Sunday v. Stratton Corp.
  Supreme Court of Vermont· 1978-06-06· cited 78×
• Bingaman v. Grays Harbor Community Hospital
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 77×
• Lyons v. Redding Construction Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-11-08· cited 55×
• Wooldridge v. Woolett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-12-31· cited 54×
• Gerberg v. Crosby
  Washington Supreme Court· 1958-08-28· cited 51×
• In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana On July 9, 1982.
  Fifth Circuit· 1985-08-12· cited 47×
• Regan v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-08-14· cited 42×
• Gordon H. Cohn v. Richard William Papke and Joseph Charles Brazas
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-08-31· cited 37×
• Shorter v. Drury
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-01-11· cited 37×
• Rieger v. Zackoski
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1982-06-25· cited 36×
• Richard Paul Miller v. The United States of America
  Seventh Circuit· 1979-05-09· cited 34×
• Sutherland v. Auch Inter-Borough Transit Company
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1973-11-08· cited 32×
• Wood v. Postelthwaite
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-06-14· cited 29×
• Wood v. Postelthwaite
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1972-05-08· cited 21×