Roberts v. Williamson

How courts have described this case

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

• “To hold that a parent cannot recover [for the loss of consortium of a non-fatally injured child] would ignore the basic idea behind recovery for loss of consortium: to attempt to compensate for the loss' of love and companionship”
• “To hold that a parent cannot recover [for the loss of consortium of a non-fatally injured child] would ignore the basic idea behind recovery for loss of consortium: to attempt to compensate for the loss of love and companionship”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Roberts v. Williamson
  Texas Supreme Court· 2003-07-03· cited 323×
• Plainview Motels, Inc. v. Reynolds
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2003-08-08· cited 78×
• Antonio Lebron v. United States of America, United States of America
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-15· cited 76×
• Durham Transportation Co. v. Beettner
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-08-22· cited 21×
• Owens Ex Rel. Schafer v. American Home Prod.
  S.D. Texas· 2002-05-07· cited 14×
• Williamson v. Roberts
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 2001-07-03· cited 8×
• Blackmon v. American Home Products Corp.
  S.D. Texas· 2003-05-08· cited 5×
• Lebron v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-01-22
• Randall Henley v. Russell Amacher
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1999-06-14
• Willie Frank Campbell v. State
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2004-01-14
• Durham Transportation Co., Inc. v. Tina Beettner
  Tex. App. Ct., 10th Dist. (Waco)· 2006-07-19
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 12th Dist. (Tyler)· 2003-07-09
• Unnamed case
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2003-08-27
• Guadalupe Mariscal v. McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and the Brandt Companies, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 2021-03-25

Cites

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

• Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Havner
  Texas Supreme Court· 1997-11-13· cited 3,583×
• EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Robinson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-07-08· cited 1,699×
• Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co. v. Martinez
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-11-12· cited 1,132×
• Burroughs Wellcome Co. v. Crye
  Texas Supreme Court· 1995-06-15· cited 1,065×
• T.O. Stanley Boot Co. v. Bank of El Paso
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-03-24· cited 896×
• Broders v. Heise
  Texas Supreme Court· 1996-06-14· cited 767×
• C & H NATIONWIDE, INC. v. Thompson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1994-06-22· cited 256×
• Reagan v. Vaughn
  Texas Supreme Court· 1991-03-06· cited 213×
• McIver v. Gloria
  Texas Supreme Court· 1943-03-24· cited 204×
• Drilex Systems, Inc. v. Flores
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-08-26· cited 105×
• Enochs v. Brown
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1994-03-16· cited 85×
• Pipgras v. Hart
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1992-07-15· cited 70×
• Springer v. Baggs
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-09-04· cited 40×
• Spivey v. James
  Tex. App. Ct., 6th Dist. (Texarkana)· 1999-09-08· cited 35×
• Green v. Baldree
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1973-06-27· cited 34×
• North American Refractory Co. v. Easter
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1999-04-22· cited 32×
• Allen v. Whisenhunt
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1980-06-18· cited 30×
• Ferguson v. Globe-Texas Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 7th Dist. (Amarillo)· 2000-09-19· cited 26×
• Gladewater Municipal Hospital v. Daniel
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1985-06-25· cited 18×
• Landacre v. Armstrong Building Maintenance Co.
  Tex. App. Ct., 13th Dist.· 1986-12-31· cited 18×