Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation

How courts have described this case

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

• explaining that “two separate corporations are regarded as wholly distinct legal entities, even if one partly or wholly owns the other”
• holding plaintiffs made a submissible case for punitive damages in a mass tort case where plaintiffs adduced evidence “the defendants hid information from regulators[ and] resisted regulatory changes
• explaining parent/subsidiaries are “regarded as wholly distinct legal entities, even if one partly or wholly owns the other”
• reversing punitive damage award against one defendant as jury instructions required jury to consider undifferentiated conduct
• requiring “complete domination . . . so that corporate entity . . . had . . . no separate mind, will or existence of its own”
• observing, in affirming a judgment in favor of injured children and against the owner of a lead smelter, that “the most crucial and rapid time for brain growth and development is during the last trimester of pregnancy and the first five to seven years after birth”

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Cited by

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

• Poage v. Crane Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-05-02· cited 38×
• Delise diaz v. Autozoners, LLC, D/B/A Autozone
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-11-10· cited 31×
• Payne v. Fiesta Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-27· cited 26×
• O'Gorman & Sandroni, P.C. v. Steve Dodson d/b/a Clayton Computer
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-12-22· cited 22×
• Rita Lynne Terpstra v. State of Missouri, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations Commission
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2019-01-02· cited 19×
• The Central Trust Bank v. William Graves
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-08-02· cited 15×
• A.O.A. v. Rennert
  E.D. Missouri· 2018-10-16· cited 15×
• William McGhee v. Schreiber Foods, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-08-09· cited 14×
• Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company v. Frank J. Miceli, Defendants/Respondent.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-04-28· cited 12×
• Menschik v. Heartland Regional Medical Center
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-07-18· cited 12×
• Wilkins v. Board of Regents
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-06-06· cited 11×
• Kurt D. Ellison v. O'Reilly Automotive Stores, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-03-24· cited 9×
• Penn. Nat. Mut. Casualty Ins. v. Jeffers
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2020-01-31· cited 8×
• Robert Gordon, Guardian Ad Litem on Behalf of G.J.E., I.G.E., and S.J.E. Amy E. Schramm F/K/A Amy E. Epperly v. Bradley G. Epperly
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-09-27· cited 6×
• Goellner-Grant v. Platinum Equity LLC
  E.D. Missouri· 2018-09-18· cited 6×
• City of O'Fallon, Missouri, City of Troy, Missouri and City of Orrick, Missouri, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs/Respondents, and City of Butler, Missouri v. Centurylink, Inc., Centurytel of Missouri, L.L.C. d/b/a Centurylink, Centurytel Long Distance, L.L.C. d/b/a Centurylink Long Distance, Embarq Missouri, Inc., Spectra Communications Group, L.L.C., Embarq Communications, Inc. and Centurylink Communications, L.L.C., Defendants/Respondents.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-03-29· cited 5×
• Oyler v. Hy-Vee, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-10-24· cited 5×
• Kerry L. Erickson, V. Pharmacia Llc.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2024-05-01· cited 4×
• Jason A. Prescott v. Missouri Department of Social Services
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-06-30· cited 3×
• State v. Campbell
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-21· cited 3×

Cites

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

• BMW of North America, Inc. v. Gore
  Supreme Court· 1996-05-28· cited 2,781×
• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Campbell
  Supreme Court· 2003-04-07· cited 2,318×
• TXO Production Corp. v. Alliance Resources Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1993-06-25· cited 829×
• Honda Motor Co. v. Oberg
  Supreme Court· 1994-06-24· cited 353×
• Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Hospital
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-10-26· cited 335×
• Hoover's Dairy, Inc. v. Mid-America Dairymen, Inc./Special Products, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1985-11-21· cited 246×
• Zafft v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-09-11· cited 197×
• Burnett v. Griffith
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1989-05-16· cited 186×
• Lowendahl v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1936-04-03· cited 173×
• Lopez v. Three Rivers Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2000-08-29· cited 155×
• Fleshner v. Pepose Vision Institute, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-02-09· cited 155×
• Lincoln Credit Co. v. Peach
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1982-07-06· cited 151×
• Sanders v. Ahmed
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-04-03· cited 144×
• Moore v. Ford Motor Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-01-25· cited 123×
• Rodriguez v. Suzuki Motor Corp.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-12-17· cited 123×
• Mobil Oil Corporation v. Linear Films, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1989-06-27· cited 121×
• Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-10-21· cited 118×
• Call v. Heard
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-06-25· cited 102×
• Klotz v. St. Anthony's Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-05-25· cited 102×
• Williams v. Trans States Airlines, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2009-03-24· cited 96×

Other cases named Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2014-06-17