Palmer v. Jensen

How courts have described this case

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

• holding jury was justified in failing to award general damages to child who presented unchallenged evidence that he suffered minimal pain for a short period of time
• \Passing treatment of an issue or lack of reasoned argument is insufficient to merit judicial consideration.\
• affirming jury’s denial of general damages where injuries were “minimal” and plaintiff required virtually no medical care
• criticizing Court of Appeals for “limit[ing] its analysis to whether the verdict was so inadequate as to indicate passion or prejudice . . . [without first addressing] whether there was evidence to support the verdict”
• upholding a jury’s verdict awarding only special damages of $34 to a car accident victim for the cost of a medical office visit when the record showed that his injuries were minimal and that he required no further medical care
• “the court can assume the jury failed to award damages for pain and suffering where the verdict is equal to or less than uncontroverted special damages”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Alcoa v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-05-04· cited 119×
• Aluminum Co. of America v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2000-05-04· cited 113×
• Palmer v. Jensen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1997-05-29· cited 88×
• Brundridge v. Fluor Federal Services, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2008-09-04· cited 88×
• State v. Marintorres
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1999-01-08· cited 77×
• Bunch v. King County Department of Youth Services
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-21· cited 69×
• Bunch v. KING COUNTY DEPT. OF YOUTH SERV.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2005-07-21· cited 65×
• Mutual of Enumclaw Insurance v. Gregg Roofing, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2013-12-31· cited 59×
• Stephens v. Omni Ins. Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-04-23· cited 56×
• Jacob's Meadow Owners Ass'n v. PLATEAU 44
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-07-23· cited 52×
• Jacob's Meadow Owners Ass'n v. Plateau 44 II, LLC
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2007-07-23· cited 51×
• Lian v. Stalick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-06-19· cited 45×
• State v. Modica
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2006-12-26· cited 43×
• Johnson v. Mermis
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1998-05-18· cited 41×
• Locke v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-12-13· cited 36×
• Millies v. LandAmerica Transnation
  Washington Supreme Court· 2016-03-31· cited 33×
• Behnke v. Ahrens
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2012-12-10· cited 33×
• Sommer v. Department of Social & Health Services
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2001-01-08· cited 30×
• Hoskins v. Reich
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2008-01-08· cited 28×
• Green v. McAllister
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-11-09· cited 28×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 618×
• Palmer v. Jensen
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1996-04-05· cited 97×
• Cox v. Charles Wright Academy, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1967-01-05· cited 81×
• Baxter v. Greyhound Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-12-31· cited 62×
• Wooldridge v. Woolett
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-12-31· cited 54×
• Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-12-13· cited 43×
• McUne v. Fuqua
  Washington Supreme Court· 1954-12-02· cited 28×
• Shaw v. Browning
  Washington Supreme Court· 1961-12-07· cited 26×
• Lanegan v. Crauford
  Washington Supreme Court· 1956-12-05· cited 25×
• Ide v. Stoltenow
  Washington Supreme Court· 1955-11-17· cited 23×
• Hills v. King
  Washington Supreme Court· 1965-08-19· cited 15×
• Cleva v. Jackson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-09-19· cited 8×