Knight v. Merhige

How courts have described this case

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

• affirming dismissal of wrongful death negligence claim because parents had no duty to protect family members from murder of adult son at a holiday dinner
• “[T]here is no duty to control the conduct of a third person to prevent [that person] from causing physical harm to another.” (quoting Carney v. Gambel, 751 So. 2d 653, 654 (Fla. 4th DCA 1999))
• applying public policy to limit foreseeability 9 analysis of duty

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

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13 cases in this archive cite this case.

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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-10-01· cited 10×
• Ciotto v. Hinkle
  Ohio Court of Appeals· 2019-09-20· cited 7×
• Koenig v. London
  South Dakota Supreme Court· 2021-12-22· cited 5×
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  S.D. Florida· 2015-08-04· cited 1×
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2014-09-10
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-04-01
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  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2020-05-27
• CHAD SAUNDERS v. MIAMI SUNS YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INC.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2023-05-17
• Eduardo Cuesta v. Jose Estevanell
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2024-03-13
• Burke v. Wilson
  Vermont Superior Court· 2025-03-06
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Cites

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

• McCain v. Florida Power Corporation
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1992-01-23· cited 474×
• Bradley Center, Inc. v. Wessner
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1982-10-27· cited 320×
• United States v. Comstock
  Supreme Court· 2010-05-17· cited 259×
• Clay Elec. Co-Op., Inc. v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2003-12-18· cited 200×
• Lillie v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1947-12-08· cited 151×
• Siegle v. Progressive Consumers Ins. Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-05-23· cited 147×
• Ngiraingas v. Sanchez
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-24· cited 144×
• Rupp v. Bryant
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-07-15· cited 132×
• Puryear v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-02-07· cited 124×
• Seebold v. Prison Health Services, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-28· cited 93×
• Stevens v. Jefferson
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1983-06-02· cited 83×
• Kaminski v. Town of Fairfield
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-07-31· cited 78×
• Ard v. Ard
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1982-04-29· cited 77×
• Robb v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 2013-01-31· cited 62×
• Goldberg v. Florida Power & Light Co.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-04-07· cited 58×
• Boynton v. Burglass
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1991-12-24· cited 57×
• Genoa M. White v. United States
  D.C. Circuit· 1986-01-03· cited 53×
• Raisen v. Raisen
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1979-12-20· cited 49×
• Sylvester v. Northwestern Hospital of Minneapolis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1952-04-18· cited 48×
• Aguila v. Hilton, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2004-06-03· cited 35×