Pratt v. Davis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that punitive damages can be given for medical battery even though a plaintiffs loss is nominal
• holding that punitive damages can be given for medical battery even though a plaintiff's loss is nominal
• holding that punitive damages can be given even though a plaintiffs loss is nominal

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Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Superintendent of Belchertown State School v. Saikewicz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1977-11-28· cited 327×
• Harnish v. Children's Hospital Medical Center
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1982-08-13· cited 125×
• Commonwealth v. Burke
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-11-22· cited 109×
• Largey v. Rothman
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-05-05· cited 96×
• Hodes & Nauser, MDS, P.A. v. Schmidt
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2019-04-26· cited 79×
• Shetter v. Rochelle
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1965-12-17· cited 52×
• In Re Estate of Hoellen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-08-29· cited 52×
• Kirkpatrick v. Strosberg
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2008-08-08· cited 49×
• Fain v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1985-09-06· cited 39×
• Curtis v. Jaskey
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-11-20· cited 36×
• Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. von Eschenbach
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-08-07· cited 32×
• Moriarity v. Rockford Health Systems, Inc.
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-02· cited 19×
• Carman v. Dippold
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-08-18· cited 12×
• Feeley v. Baer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1997-05-09· cited 9×
• People v. Reliford
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1978-09-20· cited 4×
• ABIGAIL ALLIANCE FOR BETTER ACCESS v. Von Eschenbach
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-08-07
• In re Estate of Darlene Allen
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2006-05-02
• Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc., and Jill Meadows, M.D. v. Kim Reynolds ex rel. State of Iowa and Iowa Board of Medicine
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2022-06-17
• Lacey v. Laird
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1956-12-12
• Graham v. Dr. Pratt Institute
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1911-10-03

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Housekeeper
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1889-01-10· cited 70×
• Cole v. Tucker
  Texas Supreme Court· 1851-07-01· cited 48×
• Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co. v. Jœsting
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1878-06-15· cited 39×
• Dorsey v. Manlove
  California Supreme Court· 1860-07-01· cited 26×
• Lowry v. Coster
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1878-09-15· cited 19×
• Harrison v. Ely
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1887-03-23· cited 4×
• Chandler v. Smith
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1897-08-05· cited 3×
• Messmore v. Larson
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1877-09-15· cited 2×
• Johnston v. Miller
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1902-07-18· cited 2×
• Mutual Reserve Fund Life Ass'n v. Powell
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1898-12-14· cited 1×