Mitchell 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.

• holding that an internist with specialties in hematology and oncology, could testify as to physicians' treatment of colonoscopy patient in wrongful death suit, even though he was not a specialist in gastroenterology
• stating that expert’s lack of specialty practice in the area about which he testified went to weight not admissibility
• finding an expert qualified to testify in an area outside his specialty but within his area of expertise
• allowing internist with specialties in hematology and oncology to testify even though not a gastroenterologist
• applying state statute of limitations to claim for benefits under ERISA but federal law to determine when cause of action accrued
• modifying judgment on appeal to correct plaintiff’s name, an “error [that] is easily corrected,” because “[t]o hold otherwise would elevate form over substance” (quoting Santos v. Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 556 N.E.2d 983, 988 (Mass. 1990))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Hemsley v. Langdon
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2018-03-30· cited 221×
• Ferrara v. United States
  First Circuit· 2006-08-10· cited 119×
• United States v. Clemens
  First Circuit· 2013-12-10· cited 94×
• In Re Pharm. Industry Average Wholesale Price Lit.
  First Circuit· 2009-09-23· cited 93×
• Centricut, Llc v. The Esab Group, Inc.
  Federal Circuit· 2004-12-06· cited 92×
• Hall v. Flannery
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-11-04· cited 81×
• United States v. LiCausi
  First Circuit· 1999-01-28· cited 71×
• Carlson v. Okerstrom
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2004-02-13· cited 68×
• Seahorse Marine Supplies, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Sun Oil Co.
  First Circuit· 2002-07-09· cited 61×
• Bradley v. Sugarbaker
  First Circuit· 2015-12-16· cited 60×
• Baker v. Dalkon Shield Trust
  First Circuit· 1998-09-25· cited 58×
• United States Steel v. M. DeMatteo Construction Co.
  First Circuit· 2002-12-30· cited 53×
• Gaydar v. Sociedad Instituto Gineco-Quirurgico Y Planificacion Familiar
  First Circuit· 2003-09-29· cited 50×
• Gonzalez-Pina v. Guillermo-Rodriguez
  First Circuit· 2005-05-11· cited 41×
• Cahaly v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-05-08· cited 35×
• González-Piña v. Rodríguez
  First Circuit· 2005-05-11· cited 32×
• PAGÉS-RAMÍREZ v. Ramirez-Gonzalez
  First Circuit· 2010-05-19· cited 30×
• McIntyre Ex Rel. Estate of McIntyre v. United States
  First Circuit· 2008-10-16· cited 29×
• Primus v. United States
  First Circuit· 2004-11-17· cited 27×
• Pagés-Ramírez v. Ramírez-González
  First Circuit· 2010-05-19· cited 27×

Cites

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

• Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-28· cited 21,376×
• Anderson v. City of Bessemer City
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-19· cited 11,658×
• General Electric Co. v. Joiner
  Supreme Court· 1997-12-15· cited 4,535×
• Wilma Cumpiano A/K/A Wilma Cumpiano Sanchez v. Banco Santander Puerto Rico
  First Circuit· 1990-05-04· cited 396×
• Sofia P. Pandazides v. Virginia Board of Education, Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae
  Fourth Circuit· 1994-01-14· cited 188×
• Brune v. Belinkoff
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1968-04-03· cited 127×
• Brenda Payton v. Abbott Labs, Eli Lilly and Company
  First Circuit· 1985-12-27· cited 117×
• Elizabeth v. Bogosian v. Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. And Daimler-Benz North America Corporation
  First Circuit· 1997-01-08· cited 110×
• Goldstein v. Gontarz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-03-20· cited 93×
• Ed Peters Jewelry Co. v. C & J Jewelry Co.
  First Circuit· 1997-09-03· cited 89×
• Harlow v. Chin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-10-19· cited 86×
• Keller v. United States
  First Circuit· 1994-10-19· cited 83×
• Raymond v. Raymond Corp.
  First Circuit· 1991-07-29· cited 79×
• Roy R. Damon and Eleanor M. Damon v. Sun Company, Inc., Roy R. Damon and Eleanor M. Damon v. Sun Company, Inc.
  First Circuit· 1996-07-05· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Gordon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-06-10· cited 69×
• Forlano v. Hughes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1984-12-13· cited 59×
• Berardi v. Menicks
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1960-02-12· cited 58×
• Letch v. Daniels
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1987-11-04· cited 54×
• Santos v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-07-16· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Vao Sok
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-08-25· cited 46×