Lattimore v. Dickey

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding a doctor could not testify to the standard of care of the nursing staff at the hospital in a medical negligence case
• The standard of care in a California medical malpractice case must be shown by expert 8 testimony
• The standard of care in a California medical malpractice case must be shown 16 by expert testimony
• “The elements of the cause of action for 13 wrongful death are the tort (negligence or other wrongful act), the resulting death, and the 14 damages”
• “[W]here a medical specialist is alleged to have acted negligently, the ‘specialist must possess and use the learning, care and skill normally possessed and exercised by practitioners of that specialty under the same or similar circumstances.’” (citation omitted)
• “[W]here a medical specialist is alleged to 17 have acted negligently, the ‘specialist must possess and use the learning, care and skill normally possessed and exercised by practitioners of that specialty under the same or similar circumstances.’” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Stennett v. Miller
  California Court of Appeals, 5th District· 2019-04-12· cited 29×
• Alexander v. Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla
  California Court of Appeal· 2018-05-11
• B.B. v. County of Los Angeles
  California Supreme Court· 2020-08-10
• Clawson v. Board of Registered Nursing
  California Court of Appeal· 2021-12-17
• T.L. v. City Ambulance of Eureka, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 2022-09-29
• San Antonio Regional Hospital v. Super. Ct.
  California Court of Appeal· 2024-05-28
• Zaragoza v. Adam
  California Court of Appeal· 2025-02-27
• RND Contractors, Inc. v. Super. Ct.
  California Court of Appeal· 2025-07-01
• Fisher v. Fisher
  California Court of Appeal· 2026-02-26

Cites

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

• Aguilar v. Atlantic Richfield Co.
  California Supreme Court· 2001-07-11· cited 2,941×
• Guz v. Bechtel National, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 2000-10-05· cited 1,654×
• Yanowitz v. L'OREAL USA, INC.
  California Supreme Court· 2005-08-11· cited 838×
• Mann v. Cracchiolo
  California Supreme Court· 1985-02-19· cited 209×
• Quiroz v. Seventh Avenue Center
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-06-27· cited 190×
• Wilcox v. Birtwhistle
  California Supreme Court· 1999-11-22· cited 187×
• Landeros v. Flood
  California Supreme Court· 1976-06-30· cited 178×
• Jones v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1985-01-03· cited 153×
• Knapp v. Doherty
  California Court of Appeal· 2004-09-20· cited 143×
• Flowers v. Torrance Memorial Hospital Medical Center
  California Supreme Court· 1994-12-05· cited 143×
• Horn v. Cushman & Wakefield Western, Inc.
  California Court of Appeal· 1999-05-06· cited 138×
• Carmichael v. Reitz
  California Court of Appeal· 1971-05-27· cited 127×
• Alexander v. Codemasters Group Limited
  California Court of Appeal· 2002-12-13· cited 121×
• Johnson v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-08-31· cited 93×
• Neighbarger v. Irwin Industries, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1994-10-27· cited 86×
• Chavez v. Carpenter
  California Court of Appeal· 2001-08-31· cited 81×
• Kelley v. Trunk
  California Court of Appeal· 1998-09-01· cited 72×
• City of San Diego v. United States Gypsum Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1994-11-29· cited 60×
• Mukthar v. Latin American Security Service
  California Court of Appeal· 2006-05-08· cited 40×
• Alef v. Alta Bates Hospital
  California Court of Appeal· 1992-04-07· cited 37×