Miller v. Kennedy

How courts have described this case

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

• “The exercise of professional judgment is an inherent part of the care and skill involved in the practice of medicine.”
• instruction approved “that a physician is not liable for an honest error of judgment where he or she exercised the requisite degree of care and skill in arriving at the judgment”
• “honest” error of judgment instruction upheld
• \honest\ error of judgment instruction upheld

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Watson v. Hockett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-11-06· cited 64×
• Fergen v. Sestero
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-03-12· cited 64×
• Thomas v. Wilfac, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-02· cited 51×
• Pacheco v. Ames
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-05-22· cited 46×
• Kobos by and Through Kobos v. Everts
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1989-01-17· cited 43×
• Christensen v. Munsen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1994-02-10· cited 40×
• Riggins v. Mauriello
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 1992-02-21· cited 32×
• Hash v. Children's Orthopedic Hospital & Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1987-10-14· cited 24×
• Rathvon v. Columbia Pacific Airlines
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-08-24· cited 21×
• Vasquez v. Markin
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-12-16· cited 20×
• Carver v. El-Sabawi
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2005-03-24· cited 20×
• Ezell v. Hutson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-03-06· cited 17×
• Nielsen v. Pioneer Valley Hospital
  Utah Supreme Court· 1992-04-02· cited 15×
• Brown v. Crescent Stores, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-07-25· cited 9×
• Tuttle v. Allstate Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-07-18· cited 9×
• Gerard v. Sacred Heart Medical Center
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-04-10· cited 7×
• Watson v. Hockett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-01-07· cited 6×
• Perkins v. Walker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-05-13· cited 6×
• Tuttle v. Allstate Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-07-18· cited 2×
• Steven Beard, V. The Everett Clinic Pllc
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-10-28· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miller v. Kennedy
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1974-05-20· cited 112×
• Miller v. Kennedy
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-16· cited 86×
• Cook, Flanagan & Berst v. Clausing
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-03-21· cited 43×