McDavid v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that it is “axiomatic” that only one recovery is permitted for each loss
• noting that it is “axiomatic” that only one recovery is permitted for each loss
• discussing the genesis of wrongful death statutes in many states, including West Virginia, as a response to the harsh common law rule that prohibited recovery for the death of an individual
• “The wrongful death action ‘shall be brought by and in the name of the personal representative of such deceased person[.]’”

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Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• In Re Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether Products Liability Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2005-04-20· cited 64×
• Manor Care Inc. v. Tom Douglas
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-06-18· cited 27×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Schatken
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-11-16· cited 20×
• Burrows v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2004-02-19· cited 12×
• Kimberly Landis and Alva Nelson v. Hearthmark, LLC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2013-10-17· cited 7×
• Green Ex Rel. Estate of Green v. City of Welch
  S.D. West Virginia· 2006-12-22· cited 5×
• Patrick Graham v. Robert Asbury
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-10-22· cited 3×
• McDavid v. United States
  S.D. West Virginia· 2003-11-21· cited 1×
• Thomas v. Brooks Run Min. Co., LLC
  S.D. West Virginia· 2007-08-15
• Stonerise Healthcare, LLC v. Susan K. Oates
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2020-06-16
• Barbara Stine Trivett, Administratrix of the Estate of Jasper Trivett v. Summers County Commission d/b/a Summers County Office of Emergency Management and Carmen Cales
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2023-11-08

Cites

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

• Southern Pacific Company v. Jensen
  Supreme Court· 1916-02-28· cited 1,199×
• Chrystal R.M. v. Charlie A.L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-06-21· cited 871×
• Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 292×
• Morningstar v. Black & Decker Manufacturing Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-04-03· cited 186×
• Smith v. Printup
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1993-12-30· cited 120×
• Light v. Allstate Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-27· cited 119×
• Vest v. Cobb
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-28· cited 119×
• Roberts v. Stevens Clinic Hospital, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 109×
• Murphy v. Martin Oil Co.
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1974-01-23· cited 80×
• Bond v. City of Huntington
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-03-31· cited 72×
• Lester v. Rose
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1963-03-11· cited 69×
• Baldwin v. Butcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1971-07-02· cited 69×
• Voelker v. Frederick Business Properties Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-11-17· cited 66×
• Farley v. Sartin
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-12-13· cited 64×
• Bradshaw v. Soulsby
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-12-12· cited 52×
• Morrissey v. Welsh Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1987-06-12· cited 44×
• Byrne v. Schneider’s Iron & Metal, Inc
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1991-07-08· cited 41×
• Kesner v. Trenton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-07-15· cited 37×
• State ex rel. Bibb v. Chambers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1953-07-30· cited 36×
• Phillips v. Mazda Motor Manufacturing (USA) Corp.
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1994-04-04· cited 35×

Other cases named McDavid v. United States

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• McDavid v. United States
  S.D. West Virginia· 2003-11-21· cited 1×
• McDavid v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2011-05-16
• McDavid v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2011-05-16