Peters v. Simmons

How courts have described this case

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

• breach of implied contract to exercise ordinary skill and knowledge in the rendition of professional legal services
• contract theory of third party beneficiary is a basis for establishing duty in a legal malpractice action between an attorney and a nonclient
• addressing the oral contracts statute of limitations, RCW 4.16.080(3)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Willis v. Maverick
  Texas Supreme Court· 1988-07-06· cited 614×
• Hizey v. Carpenter
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-06-04· cited 275×
• 1000 Virginia Ltd. Partnership v. Vertecs Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-15· cited 180×
• Shideler v. Dwyer
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1981-03-03· cited 164×
• 1000 Virginia Ltd. Partnership v. Vertecs Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 2006-11-09· cited 164×
• Ohler v. Tacoma General Hospital
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-08-16· cited 122×
• Hibbard v. Gordon, Thomas, Honeywell, Malanca & O'Hern
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-03-26· cited 117×
• Grunwald v. Bronkesh
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-03-22· cited 109×
• Barnes v. AH Robins Co., Inc.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1985-04-01· cited 107×
• Tyson v. Tyson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1986-10-30· cited 106×
• Bowman v. John Doe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1985-11-06· cited 75×
• U. S. Oil & Refining Co. v. Department of Ecology
  Washington Supreme Court· 1981-09-24· cited 70×
• Crisman v. Crisman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-02-14· cited 67×
• Crisman v. Crisman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1997-01-03· cited 66×
• Denny's Restaurants, Inc. v. Security Union Title Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1993-09-07· cited 56×
• French v. Gabriel
  Washington Supreme Court· 1991-03-28· cited 55×
• Anderson v. Neal
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-04-30· cited 54×
• Kittinger v. Boeing Co.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1978-10-09· cited 43×
• Matson v. Weidenkopf
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-07-14· cited 40×
• Richardson v. Denend
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-08-27· cited 39×

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Neel v. Magana, Olney, Levy, Cathcart & Gelfand
  California Supreme Court· 1971-12-02· cited 371×
• Hendrickson v. Sears
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1974-04-09· cited 260×
• Ruth v. Dight
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-04-10· cited 121×
• Gazija v. Nicholas Jerns Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-12-11· cited 112×
• Moonie v. Lynch
  California Court of Appeal· 1967-11-27· cited 61×
• Edwards v. Ford
  Supreme Court of Florida· 1973-06-06· cited 50×
• Cornell v. Edsen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1914-03-26· cited 42×
• Steelworkers Holding Co. v. Menefee
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-11-06· cited 36×
• Janisch v. Mullins
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1969-12-01· cited 28×
• Nestegard v. Investment Exchange Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-10-18· cited 24×
• Kundahl v. Barnett
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-07-06· cited 24×
• Busk v. Flanders
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1970-04-27· cited 6×