Orcutt v. Spokane County

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that plaintiff could use medical witness testimony to establish decedent’s “uncontrollable impulse” to commit suicide in a wrongful death claim
• where medical test establishes uncontrollable impulse to commit suicide, it is of no consequence that the deceased knew the nature of the act or used reasoning to accomplish the act
• where medical test establishes uncontrollable impulse to commit suicide, it is of no consequence that the deceased knew the nature of the act or used reasoning to accomplish the act
• applying irresistible impulse rule to negligent acts resulting in suicide
• applying irresistible impulse rule to negligent acts resulting in suicide

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sharon Rollins v. Wackenhut Services, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2012-12-28· cited 219×
• Runyon v. Reid
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1973-03-13· cited 151×
• Little v. King
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-06-21· cited 121×
• Douglas v. Bussabarger
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-03-28· cited 109×
• District of Columbia v. Peters
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-06-18· cited 95×
• Kivland v. Columbia Orthopaedic Group, LLP
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-01-25· cited 74×
• McLaughlin v. Sullivan
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-05-09· cited 68×
• Exxon Corporation v. Brecheen
  Texas Supreme Court· 1975-07-07· cited 66×
• O'DONOGHUE v. Riggs
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-05-09· cited 50×
• Hunt v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-01-04· cited 49×
• City of Belen v. Harrell
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1979-10-29· cited 46×
• State Ex Rel. Richardson v. Edgeworth
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1968-09-30· cited 46×
• Clift v. Narragansett Television L.P.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1996-12-23· cited 44×
• Eidson v. Reproductive Health Services
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-09-21· cited 39×
• Matter of Detention of Twining
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1995-07-12· cited 37×
• R.D. v. W.H.
  Wyoming Supreme Court· 1994-05-27· cited 34×
• Falkenstein v. City of Bismarck
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1978-08-10· cited 33×
• Webstad v. Stortini
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-10-21· cited 32×
• Fabrique v. CHOICE HOTELS INTERN., INC.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-05-22· cited 30×
• Mayer v. Town of Hampton
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1985-08-07· cited 30×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Tate v. Canonica
  California Court of Appeal· 1960-05-17· cited 105×
• Anton v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-07-28· cited 31×
• Clevenger v. Fonseca
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-11-05· cited 22×
• Karlen v. Department of Labor & Industries
  Washington Supreme Court· 1952-10-16· cited 20×
• Bland v. King County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-07-23· cited 14×