Mertsaris v. 73rd Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• “[A] plaintiff need not eliminate entirely all possibility that a defendant’s conduct was not a cause. It is enough that he offer sufficient evidence from which reasonable men might conclude that it is more probable than not that the injury was caused by the defendant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Papa v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-06-01· cited 44×
• Kavanaugh v. Nussbaum
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-04-06· cited 41×
• Ohdan v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-04-27· cited 30×
• Russo v. Rifkin
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1985-12-30· cited 26×
• De Luca v. Kameros
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-05-26· cited 23×
• Kaplan v. Herbstein
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-07-15· cited 23×
• Hughes v. New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-07-06· cited 23×
• Borawski v. Huang
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2006-11-08· cited 20×
• In re the Estate of Evanchuck
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-12-29· cited 20×
• Steidel v. County of Nassau
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-04-27· cited 17×
• Turcsik v. Guthrie Clinic, Ltd.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2004-11-18· cited 16×
• Ledogar v. Giordano
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-08-11· cited 16×
• Torelli v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-09-12· cited 16×
• Rubin v. Aaron
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1993-03-15· cited 15×
• Kelly v. Tarnowski
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-03-17· cited 15×
• Tillman ex rel. Tillman v. Elrod
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1995-03-21· cited 11×
• Villa v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1989-03-27· cited 10×
• Weldon v. Beal
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-05-01· cited 10×
• Martell v. St. Charles Hospital
  New York Supreme Court· 1987-10-19· cited 10×
• Koster v. Greenberg
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1986-05-19· cited 9×

Cites

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

• Cohen v. Hallmark Cards, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1978-10-31· cited 1,689×
• Hecht v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1983-09-15· cited 375×
• Matott v. Ward
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-11-29· cited 270×
• Sheehan v. City of New York
  New York Court of Appeals· 1976-07-15· cited 261×
• Marine Midland Bank v. John E. Russo Produce Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-04-03· cited 202×
• Mduba v. Benedictine Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1976-06-17· cited 153×
• Cassano v. Hagstrom
  New York Court of Appeals· 1959-04-17· cited 151×
• Toth v. Community Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 1968-06-05· cited 140×
• Grewe v. Mount Clemens General Hospital
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1978-12-28· cited 136×
• Wilson v. Stilwill
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1981-09-01· cited 86×
• O'Boyle v. Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-01-19· cited 86×
• Monahan v. Weichert
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1981-07-09· cited 67×
• Davis v. Caldwell
  New York Court of Appeals· 1981-11-19· cited 64×
• Felice v. St. Agnes Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1978-12-18· cited 56×
• Dries v. Gregor
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1980-01-24· cited 39×
• Koehler v. Schwartz
  New York Court of Appeals· 1979-11-20· cited 38×
• People v. Horton
  New York Court of Appeals· 1954-12-02· cited 30×
• Pipers v. Rosenow
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1972-06-19· cited 30×
• Haber v. Cross County Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-10-28· cited 29×
• Rivera v. Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1979-06-05· cited 24×