Matsuyama v. Birnbaum

How courts have described this case

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

• “statute creating a . . . method of enforcing [preexisting common-law right] regarded as cumulative rather than exclusive”
• “We conclude that recognizing loss of chance in the limited domain of medical negligence advances the fundamental goals and principles of our tort law.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mohr v. Grantham
  Washington Supreme Court· 2011-10-13· cited 74×
• BCS Services, Inc. v. HEARTWOOD 88, LLC
  Seventh Circuit· 2011-03-24· cited 63×
• Donovan v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2010-06-24· cited 42×
• Donovan v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2009-10-19· cited 40×
• Asher v. Ob-Gyn Specialists, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-05-09· cited 40×
• Weinberg v. Grand Circle Travel, LCC
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-09-19· cited 35×
• Estate of Dormaier v. Columbia Basin Anesthesia, PLLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-11-14· cited 30×
• Indiana Department of Insurance v. Everhart
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-01-20· cited 28×
• Dickhoff ex rel. Dickhoff v. Green
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2013-05-31· cited 21×
• Talavera Ex Rel. Gonzalez v. Wiley
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-08-07· cited 18×
• Pitts v. Wingate at Brighton, Inc.
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2012-07-26· cited 15×
• Davis v. United States
  First Circuit· 2012-01-20· cited 14×
• Rash v. Providence Health & Services
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-09-16· cited 14×
• Szulik v. State Street Bank & Trust Co.
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-03-25· cited 14×
• Almonte v. KURL
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 2012-06-26· cited 12×
• Cohan v. Medical Imaging Consultants
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2017-07-07· cited 12×
• Volk v. DeMeerleer
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2014-11-13· cited 10×
• Lyons v. Gillette
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-07-31· cited 10×
• Lyons v. American College of Veterinary Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Inc.
  D. Massachusetts· 2014-02-19· cited 9×
• Gill v. Burress
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-04-13· cited 7×

Cites

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

• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 1,104×
• Hamil v. Bashline
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 562×
• Fabio v. Bellomo
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1993-08-20· cited 547×
• Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hospital
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-09-10· cited 346×
• Altman v. Aronson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1919-01-04· cited 283×
• Hastings v. Baton Rouge General Hospital
  Supreme Court of Louisiana· 1986-11-24· cited 249×
• Gooding v. University Hosp. Bldg., Inc.
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1984-01-19· cited 243×
• Kilpatrick v. Bryant
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-12-22· cited 241×
• Harry J. Hicks, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, Deceased v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-10-27· cited 221×
• Holton v. Memorial Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1997-04-17· cited 214×
• McKellips v. Saint Francis Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1987-07-21· cited 191×
• Herskovits v. Group Health Cooperative
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-05-26· cited 186×
• Cooper v. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1971-07-21· cited 185×
• Evers v. Dollinger
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1984-02-08· cited 182×
• Gaudette v. Webb
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-06-05· cited 152×
• Thompson v. Sun City Community Hospital, Inc.
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1984-06-12· cited 147×
• Brown v. Koulizakis
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1985-06-14· cited 140×
• Roberts v. Ohio Permanente Medical Group, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1996-08-28· cited 140×
• Cahoon v. Cummings
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-01· cited 127×
• Brune v. Belinkoff
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-04-03· cited 127×