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.

• operation without consent is battery; failure to advise patient of perils is considered under negligence concepts
• operation without consent is battery; failure to advise patient of perils is considered under negligence concepts
• operation without consent is battery; failure to advise patient of perils is considered under negligence concepts
• operation without consent is battery; failure to advise patient of perils is considered under negligence concepts

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Smith v. Shannon
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-06-30· cited 220×
• Harbeson v. Parke-Davis, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1983-02-10· cited 197×
• Sard v. Hardy
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-11-09· cited 164×
• Harnish v. Children's Hospital Medical Center
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-13· cited 125×
• Cornfeldt v. Tongen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-12-30· cited 117×
• Nixdorf v. Hicken
  Utah Supreme Court· 1980-05-27· cited 87×
• Bly v. Rhoads
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1976-03-05· cited 70×
• Watson v. Hockett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-11-06· cited 64×
• Fergen v. Sestero
  Washington Supreme Court· 2015-03-12· cited 64×
• Vitale v. Henchey
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-04-20· cited 63×
• Woolley v. Henderson
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1980-08-28· cited 62×
• Hook Ex Rel. Estate of Summers v. Rothstein
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1984-04-16· cited 61×
• Quimby v. Fine
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1986-08-20· cited 60×
• Keogan v. Holy Family Hospital
  Washington Supreme Court· 1980-12-31· cited 59×
• Leonard Harbeson, Jean Harbeson v. Parke Davis, Inc., and the United States of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1984-10-30· cited 56×
• Branom v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-04-05· cited 56×
• Backlund v. University of Washington
  Washington Supreme Court· 1999-04-08· cited 53×
• Gates v. Jensen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-05-31· cited 52×
• Thomas v. Wilfac, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-04-02· cited 51×
• Pauscher v. Iowa Methodist Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1987-06-17· cited 51×