Selby v. Kuhns

How courts have described this case

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

• Section 4 of chapter 231B effects a “statutory rejection of the [common law] doctrine of unity of discharge”
• unity of discharge doctrine does not apply to successive, as opposed to joint or concurrent, torts
• unity of discharge doctrine generally discredited

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Mongeau v. Boutelle
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1980-07-11· cited 68×
• Tritsch v. Boston Edison Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1973-03-02· cited 45×
• Thornton v. Charleston Area Medical Center
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-02-18· cited 36×
• Boehmer v. Boggiano
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1967-02-13· cited 34×
• Williams v. Woodman
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1982-12-30· cited 32×
• Hermes Automation Technology, Inc. v. Hyundai Electronics Industries Co., Ltd.
  First Circuit· 1990-09-24· cited 31×
• Steeves v. Irwin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1967-09-15· cited 29×
• Cannon v. Pearson
  Texas Supreme Court· 1964-10-07· cited 28×
• Cram v. Town of Northbridge
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1991-08-06· cited 28×
• Cimino v. Alway
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-11-09· cited 26×
• Vaca v. Whitaker
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 1974-02-06· cited 25×
• O'Mara v. H. P. Hood & Sons, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-04-09· cited 25×
• Ciluffo v. Middlesex General Hospital
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1977-02-03· cited 24×
• Kyte v. McMillion
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1969-12-09· cited 22×
• Smith v. Conn
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1968-12-10· cited 22×
• Tilcon Capaldi, Inc. v. Feldman
  First Circuit· 2001-05-16· cited 15×
• Scheideler v. H. F. Elias & Lutheran Hospital Society, Inc.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 1981-08-07· cited 15×
• Garner v. Wyeth Laboratories, Inc.
  D. South Carolina· 1984-03-31· cited 13×
• Carter v. Shirley
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1986-01-23· cited 12×
• Marilyn Day v. J. Brendan Wynne, D.O., Inc.
  First Circuit· 1983-03-08· cited 11×

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• McKenna v. Austin
  D.C. Circuit· 1943-02-11· cited 149×
• Ash v. Mortensen
  California Supreme Court· 1944-08-11· cited 100×
• Couillard v. Charles T. Miller Hospital, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1958-08-15· cited 86×
• Gronquist v. Olson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1954-04-23· cited 70×
• Leddy v. Barney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1885-06-24· cited 51×
• Karcher v. Burbank
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-06-03· cited 50×
• Daniels v. Celeste
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-05-08· cited 41×
• Trieschman v. Eaton
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1961-01-13· cited 37×
• McDonald v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-10-24· cited 32×
• Muse v. DeVito
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-01-05· cited 28×
• Brewer v. Casey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1907-10-16· cited 26×
• Vatalaro v. Thomas
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-02-28· cited 25×
• Gold v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1923-02-28· cited 22×
• Shapiro v. Lyon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1925-11-27· cited 18×
• Sacchetti v. Springer
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-07-07· cited 17×
• Leonard v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1937-09-24· cited 15×
• Luce v. Dexter
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1883-04-03· cited 8×
• Brockton Savings Bank v. Shapiro
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1949-11-04· cited 6×
• Selwyn Clark v. Zimmer Manufacturing Company
  First Circuit· 1961-06-13· cited 3×