Schmidt v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that releases are governed by the rules of con tract construction and, like any contract, require consideration, voluntariness, and contractual capacity
• upholding release that clearly intended to release claims arising from unknown injuries
• listing eight factors on release of a personal injury claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Frey Ex Rel. Frey v. Snelgrove
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1978-08-18· cited 135×
• Bernstein v. Kapneck
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1981-06-10· cited 77×
• Witt v. Watkins
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1978-06-09· cited 41×
• Schmitt-Norton Ford, Inc. v. Ford Motor Co.
  D. Minnesota· 1981-10-21· cited 33×
• Sorensen v. Coast-To-Coast Stores (Central Organization), Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1984-08-21· cited 29×
• PJ Acquisition Corp. v. Skoglund
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1990-03-09· cited 27×
• Goldberger v. Kaplan, Strangis & Kaplan, P.A.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1995-08-01· cited 22×
• Hamilton v. Independent School District No. 114
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1984-09-25· cited 22×
• Karnes v. Quality Pork Processors
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1995-06-09· cited 15×
• Myers v. Fecker Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-04-01· cited 11×
• Barilla v. Clapshaw
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1976-01-02· cited 10×
• Jeffries v. Gillitzer
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1975-01-03· cited 10×
• Convey Compliance Systems, Incorporated v. 1099 Pro, Incorporated
  Fourth Circuit· 2006-03-30· cited 6×
• Smothers v. Richland Memorial Hospital
  Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 1997-10-20· cited 6×
• Gecy v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Amer.
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1979-07-25· cited 5×
• Spitzmueller v. Burlington Northern Railroad
  D. Minnesota· 1990-06-29· cited 5×
• Indiana Bell Telephone Co. v. Mygrant
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1982-10-25· cited 5×
• Cook v. Connolly
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1984-11-08· cited 2×
• Somora v. Marriott Corp.
  D. Minnesota· 1993-02-08· cited 2×
• Bank of New York Mellon v. Keiran
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2015-04-06· cited 2×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Sauter Ex Rel. Benson v. Sauter
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1955-05-06· cited 95×
• Denton v. Utley
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1957-11-26· cited 81×
• Clancy v. Pacenti
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1957-12-05· cited 58×
• Dansby v. Buck
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1962-07-06· cited 35×
• Richardson v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1924-01-11· cited 35×
• Simons v. Schiek's, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1966-10-07· cited 27×
• Schoenfeld v. Buker
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1962-03-09· cited 26×
• Althoff v. Torrison
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1918-04-05· cited 26×
• Nygard v. Minneapolis Street Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1920-10-29· cited 26×
• Newman v. Fjelstad
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1965-07-09· cited 21×
• Whisler v. Findeisen
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1968-06-21· cited 17×
• Viskovich v. Walsh-Fuller-Slattery
  New York Court of Appeals· 1963-12-30· cited 13×
• Page v. Means
  N.D. West Virginia· 1961-03-22· cited 6×
• Sundvall v. Interstate Iron Co.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1908-06-26· cited 3×