Schurk v. Christensen

How courts have described this case

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

• allowing recovery even though the parents were not present when the babysitter sexually abused their child
• allowing recovery even though the parents were not present when the babysitter sexually abused their child
• dismissing claim of mother of sexually abused child for emotional distress where mother did not observe injuries to child but learned of actions at a later date from a third person
• relaxing the presence requirement for plaintiffs whose child was molested by baby-sitter
• expenses incurred to be with an injured child are recoverable

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-09-16· cited 618×
• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Grimsby v. Samson
  Washington Supreme Court· 1975-01-09· cited 296×
• Reid v. Pierce County
  Washington Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 279×
• Hunsley v. Giard
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-08-19· cited 207×
• Marlene F. v. Affiliated Psychiatric Medical Clinic, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1989-04-10· cited 180×
• Kloepfel v. Bokor
  Washington Supreme Court· 2003-04-17· cited 153×
• Hughes v. Moore
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1973-06-11· cited 145×
• Nancy P. v. D'AMATO
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1988-01-13· cited 98×
• Cohen v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-06-07· cited 84×
• Johnson v. Caparelli
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-05-13· cited 47×
• Strode v. Gleason
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1973-05-21· cited 43×
• Gain v. Carroll Mill Company
  Washington Supreme Court· 1990-03-08· cited 40×
• Haselhorst v. State
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1992-06-12· cited 33×
• Hatch v. Davis
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2004-10-28· cited 33×
• D'Ambra v. United States
  D. Rhode Island· 1973-02-16· cited 29×
• Kubista v. Romaine
  Washington Supreme Court· 1976-04-29· cited 23×
• Stewart v. Gilliam
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1973-01-22· cited 23×
• Amader v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 1981-05-14· cited 18×
• Homer v. Long
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1992-01-06· cited 13×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Rodrigues v. State
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1970-07-20· cited 273×
• Prier v. Refrigeration Engineering Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-06-20· cited 236×
• Borst v. Borst
  Washington Supreme Court· 1952-12-11· cited 112×
• Rikstad v. Holmberg
  Washington Supreme Court· 1969-06-19· cited 105×
• Archibald v. Braverman
  California Court of Appeal· 1969-07-28· cited 97×
• Browning v. Slenderella Systems of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1959-07-09· cited 69×
• Wallace v. Coca-Cola Bottling Plants, Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1970-09-17· cited 61×
• Wells v. City of Vancouver
  Washington Supreme Court· 1970-04-02· cited 61×
• Reefer Queen Co., Inc. v. MARINE CONSTR. AND DESIGN CO.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1968-05-02· cited 38×
• Holland v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance Co.
  Louisiana Court of Appeal· 1961-11-13· cited 37×
• Smith v. Rodene
  Washington Supreme Court· 1966-10-06· cited 36×
• Murphy v. City of Tacoma
  Washington Supreme Court· 1962-09-27· cited 19×
• Magnuson v. O'Dea
  Washington Supreme Court· 1913-10-04· cited 18×
• Jensen v. Lawrence
  Washington Supreme Court· 1916-12-29· cited 9×
• Cote v. Allen
  Washington Supreme Court· 1957-07-11· cited 8×