O'DONNELL v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the common fund doctrine, which allows a litigant or lawyer who recovers a common fund to seek reasonable attorney's fees from the entire fund, does not apply when an insurer actively requests that a plaintiff refrain from pursuing a subrogated claim
• explaining that the made-whole doctrine addresses circumstance in which subrogation lien would result in insured being less than fully compensated
• explaining insurer may direct insured not to pursue subrogation claim (citing Ruggles ex rel. Estate of Mayer v. Grow, 984 P.2d 509, 512 (Alaska 1999))
• discussing doctrine in context of insurer collecting lien from patient’s recovery fund
• requiring “well-defined benefits” to third party for creation of common fund
• deciding whether insured created common fund

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Luther v. Lander
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2016-05-13· cited 23×
• Mitchell v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2012-09-21· cited 9×
• Dearlove v. Campbell
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2013-05-31· cited 7×
• Miller v. Handle Construction Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2011-07-22· cited 6×
• Paige M. Best v. Fairbanks North Star Borough
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2021-08-20· cited 5×
• Nixola Jean Doan, PR for the Estate of Tristana Doan v. Banner Health Inc., D/B/A Fairbanks Memorial Hospital; Northern Hospital Assoc., LLC; James W. Cagle, D.O.; Golden Heart Emergency Physicians; Faye Lee, M.D.; Interior Aids Association/Project Special Delivery; Nicole Fliss, M.D., Northern Hospital Assoc., LLC; James W. Cagle, D.O.; Banner Health Inc., D/B/A Fairbanks Memorial Hospital; Golden Heart Emergency Physicians; Faye Lee, M.D. v. Nixola Jean Doan, PR for the Estate of Tristana Doan
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2021-04-23· cited 2×
• State v. Vaden
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2021-10-29
• Allstate Insurance Company v. Nathan Harbour, Allstate Insurance Company v. Kenneth N. Mattison
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2021-07-23

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Boeing Co. v. Van Gemert
  Supreme Court· 1980-02-19· cited 897×
• Kodiak Electric Ass'n v. Delaval Turbine, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1984-12-21· cited 75×
• Cooper v. Argonaut Insurance Companies
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1976-11-08· cited 62×
• Farnsworth v. Steiner
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1981-12-24· cited 50×
• Travelers Insurance Co. v. Williams
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1976-09-27· cited 45×
• Edwards v. Alaska Pulp Corp.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1996-06-28· cited 38×
• Martinez v. St. Joseph Healthcare System
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1994-03-15· cited 26×
• Pagenkopf v. Chatham Electric, Inc.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2007-08-24· cited 23×
• Rice v. Denley
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1997-09-26· cited 20×
• Ruggles Ex Rel. Estate of Mayer v. Grow
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1999-08-20· cited 18×
• Providence Washington Insurance Co. of Alaska v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Companies
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1989-07-28· cited 17×
• Sidney v. Allstate Insurance Co.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2008-01-11· cited 15×
• Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium v. Settlement Funds Ex Rel. E.R.
  Alaska Supreme Court· 2004-01-30· cited 15×
• Richter, Wimberley & Ericson, P.S. v. Honore
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-06-02· cited 11×

Other cases named O'DONNELL v. Johnson

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• O'Donnell v. Johnson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1926-12-15· cited 2×
• O'Donnell v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 2000-01-10
• O'Donnell v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 2000-02-22