Petriello v. Kalman

How courts have described this case

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

• upholding instruction on compensation for increased likelihood that plaintiff would suffer bowel obstruction
• hospital has no duty to obtain patient's informed consent to surgery to be performed by surgeon who is not hospital employee
• hospital had no duty to determine whether the patient had consented to a surgical procedure; physician alone had the responsibility to obtain informed consent
• “we have never held that ... a hospital, whose facilities are utilized by independent physicians, as a kind of surety, must guarantee that informed consent is obtained prior to the commencement of any surgical procedure”
• life expectancy statistics commonly used to assist trier of fact in measuring the loss a plaintiff is likely to sustain from the future effects of an iiyury
• fear of bowel blockage may be awarded if reasonable basis for that fear

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• RK Constructors, Inc. v. Fusco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1994-12-06· cited 673×
• Maffucci v. Royal Park Ltd. Partnership
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-01-27· cited 360×
• Barrett v. Danbury Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1995-02-21· cited 288×
• Dillon v. Evanston Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 253×
• Santopietro v. City of New Haven
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-08-27· cited 203×
• Jaworski v. Kiernan
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-06-17· cited 140×
• Lodge v. Arett Sales Corp.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1998-08-25· cited 122×
• LaFlamme v. Dallessio
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-08-06· cited 87×
• Jackson v. Oklahoma Memorial Hospital
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1995-10-17· cited 85×
• Alemany v. Commissioner of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-26· cited 76×
• Giese v. Stice
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1997-08-01· cited 66×
• Alexander v. Scheid
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-04-03· cited 61×
• LePage v. Horne
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-12-03· cited 60×
• Kemner v. Monsanto Co.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1991-07-22· cited 59×
• Swartz v. Gale Webb Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2007-02-27· cited 55×
• Dilieto v. County Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2010-06-29· cited 48×
• Red Maple Properties v. Zoning Commission
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1992-06-18· cited 46×
• Baptiste v. Better Val-U Supermarket, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2002-12-10· cited 41×
• Goodmaster v. Houser
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1993-06-01· cited 40×
• Marchetti v. Ramirez
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1997-02-18· cited 38×

Cites

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

• Pandolphe's Auto Parts, Inc. v. Town of Manchester
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1980-06-17· cited 694×
• Shore v. Town of Stonington
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1982-05-18· cited 403×
• Mather v. Griffin Hospital
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-04-19· cited 206×
• Peck v. Jacquemin
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1985-04-23· cited 200×
• Logan v. Greenwich Hospital Ass'n
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-09-06· cited 171×
• Blannie S. Wilson, Administratrix of the Estate of Henry J. Wilson, Deceased v. Johns-Manville Sales Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-30· cited 169×
• Ferrara v. Galluchio
  New York Court of Appeals· 1958-06-25· cited 145×
• Urban v. Hartford Gas Co.
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1952-12-09· cited 126×
• Shelnitz v. Greenberg
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1986-05-27· cited 92×
• Healy v. White
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1977-09-06· cited 75×
• Murphy v. Penn Fruit Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-01-18· cited 52×
• LaBieniec v. Baker
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1987-06-09· cited 52×
• Gagne v. Norton
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1983-01-11· cited 45×
• Schwegel v. Goldberg
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-23· cited 45×
• Pedersen v. Vahidy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1989-01-03· cited 43×
• James Depass v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1984-01-13· cited 37×
• Howard v. Mt. Sinai Hospital, Inc.
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1974-05-08· cited 36×
• Feist v. Sears, Roebuck & Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1973-12-20· cited 31×
• Van Steensburg v. Lawrence & Memorial Hospitals
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1984-09-04· cited 31×
• Sheiman v. Sheiman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1956-02-28· cited 29×