Morris v. Consolidation Coal Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that the Rules of Civil Procedure do not generally apply to workers’ compensation claims
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient's medical records
• recognizing the liability of a third party to a patient under Section 874, comment e, for inducing the patient’s physician “to breach his fiduciary relationship by disclosing confidential information”
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient’s medical records
• recognizing cause of action against third-party who wrongfully induces physician to disclose patient’s medical records
• “[W]e hold that a fiduciary relationship exists between a treating physician and a claimant .... ”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Gracey v. Eaker
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2002-12-19· cited 150×
• Biddle v. Warren General Hospital
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1999-09-15· cited 93×
• Perrine v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-03-26· cited 72×
• GCM, Inc. v. Kentucky Central Life Insurance
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1997-09-29· cited 62×
• Billy Overstreet v. TRW Commercial Steering Division
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2008-06-17· cited 57×
• McCormick v. England
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-11-17· cited 52×
• State Ex Rel. Allen v. Bedell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-01-06· cited 50×
• Mitchell v. Broadnax
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-10-20· cited 44×
• Keplinger v. Virginia Electric & Power Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2000-07-14· cited 43×
• State ex rel. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Bedell
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-04-01· cited 33×
• Sorensen v. Barbuto
  Utah Supreme Court· 2008-02-01· cited 27×
• R.K. v. St. Mary's Medical Center, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2012-11-15· cited 24×
• Biddle v. Warren Gen. Hosp.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1999-09-15· cited 20×
• Perrine v. EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND CO.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-06-02· cited 17×
• First Financial Insurance v. Crossroads Lounge, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2001-05-21· cited 14×
• Larry Tabata v. Charleston Area Medical Center
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-05-28· cited 14×
• Casdorph v. West Virginia Office Insurance Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2009-11-19· cited 12×
• Roney v. Gencorp
  S.D. West Virginia· 2006-05-09· cited 12×
• Butts v. Royal Vendors, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-02· cited 10×
• Sorensen v. Barbuto
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2006-08-10· cited 10×

Cites

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

• Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-07-10· cited 279×
• Littleton v. Good Samaritan Hospital & Health Center
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1988-10-12· cited 176×
• Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  N.D. Ohio· 1965-07-26· cited 126×
• Kincaid v. Mangum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-06-10· cited 123×
• Alberts v. Devine
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1985-06-04· cited 112×
• LaRue v. LaRue
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-05-27· cited 103×
• MacDonald v. Clinger
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1982-01-22· cited 94×
• Cordle v. General Hugh Mercer Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-07-26· cited 77×
• Meadows v. Lewis
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-07-07· cited 68×
• City of Fairmont v. Retail, Wholesale, & Department Store Union
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-10-21· cited 53×
• Anker v. Brodnitz
  New York Supreme Court· 1979-02-07· cited 50×
• Quarles v. Sutherland
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1965-04-07· cited 49×
• Butcher v. Butcher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1987-04-02· cited 42×
• Mitchell v. State Workmen's Compensation Commissioner
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1979-05-22· cited 38×
• West Virginia Water Service Co. v. Cunningham
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1957-07-02· cited 35×
• Carroll v. Alberts
  Supreme Court· 1985-12-02· cited 34×
• Morrison v. Century Engineering
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-01-25· cited 29×
• Saur v. Probes
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1991-08-19· cited 25×
• Holbrook v. Weyerhaeuser Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-07-01· cited 19×
• Allen v. Smith
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-04-21· cited 18×