Purdy v. Public Administrator

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

• listing common carrier/passenger relationship among \special circumstances in which there is sufficient authority and ability to control conduct of third persons that [courts] have identified a duty to do so\
• “The question of whether a member or group of society owes a duty of care to reasonably avoid injury to another is of course a question of law for the courts.”
• \The question of whether a member or group of society owes a duty of care to reasonably avoid injury to another is of course a question of law for the courts.\
• “The question of whether a member or group of society owes a duty of care to reasonably avoid injury to another is of course a question of law for the courts.”
• where health facility had no authority to control actions of residents, it was not liable for injuries caused to plaintiff by elderly resident though health facility was aware that resident’s condition could cause blackouts
• \The question of whether a member or group of society owes a duty of care to reasonably avoid injury to another is of course a question of law for the courts.\

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Cited by

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

• Hamilton v. Beretta U.S.A. Corp.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2001-04-26· cited 678×
• Doctor Fred L. Pasternack v. Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings
  New York Court of Appeals· 2016-06-30· cited 485×
• Davis v. South Nassau Communities Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 2015-12-16· cited 226×
• McCarthy v. Olin Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1997-07-16· cited 186×
• Eleanor M. Stagl v. Delta Airlines, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1995-04-17· cited 102×
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey v. Arcadian Corp Dyno Nobel Inc, F/k/a, Ireco Incorporated Hydro Agri North America, Inc
  Third Circuit· 1999-08-18· cited 102×
• Matter of Nyc Asbestos Litig
  New York Court of Appeals· 2005-10-27· cited 69×
• Garcia v. J. C. Duggan, Inc.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1992-02-27· cited 49×
• Joseph Alphonse Fazi v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1991-06-12· cited 44×
• Musalli Factory for Gold & Jewellry v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  S.D. New York· 2009-03-31· cited 34×
• Fox v. Marshall
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-08-09· cited 30×
• McCarthy v. Sturm, Ruger and Co., Inc.
  S.D. New York· 1996-03-04· cited 23×
• In Re Sept. 11 Property Damage and Business Loss Litigation
  S.D. New York· 2006-01-12· cited 23×
• O'Britis v. Peninsula Golf Course
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-08-08· cited 23×
• Cavanaugh v. Knights of Columbus Council 4360
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1988-12-08· cited 22×
• Saint-Guillen v. United States
  E.D. New York· 2009-09-28· cited 21×
• Hamilton v. Accu-Tek
  E.D. New York· 1999-06-03· cited 21×
• Cygan v. City of New York
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1991-02-14· cited 20×
• Ellis v. Peter
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-05-22· cited 20×
• Earsing v. Nelson
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1995-06-09· cited 19×

Other cases named Purdy v. Public Administrator

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Purdy v. Public Administrator
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1987-04-20· cited 7×
• Purdy v. Public Administrator
  New York Court of Appeals· 1987-09-03