Semerjian v. Stetson

How courts have described this case

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

• holding jury not warranted in inferring that a doctor’s use of drops was negligent
• “The burden [is] on the plaintiff to establish a causal connection between negligence of the doctor and [the plaintiffs] injuries; that is to prove that an act or omission of the doctor caused the injury and also, that such act or omission was negligent.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Wilma Williams v. Kfc National Management Company
  Second Circuit· 2004-12-09· cited 94×
• Harlow v. Chin
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1989-10-19· cited 86×
• Stambaugh v. Hayes
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1940-06-12· cited 82×
• Haggerty v. McCarthy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1962-04-10· cited 50×
• Glicklich v. Spievack
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1983-08-08· cited 39×
• Lawton v. Dracousis
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 1982-07-16· cited 39×
• Vigneault v. Dr. Hewson Dental Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1938-05-23· cited 35×
• Woronka v. Sewall
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-11-04· cited 34×
• Posey v. Dove
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1953-03-23· cited 33×
• Bouffard v. Canby
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1935-10-31· cited 32×
• Murphy v. Conway
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1972-01-10· cited 23×
• Coburn v. Moore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1946-07-08· cited 23×
• Marangian v. Apelian
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-05-25· cited 21×
• McGovern Ex Rel. McGovern v. Brigham & Women's Hospital
  D. Massachusetts· 2008-11-05· cited 20×
• Tallon v. Spellman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1939-01-31· cited 20×
• King v. Solomon
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1948-10-29· cited 20×
• Shannon v. Ramsey
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1934-12-11· cited 19×
• Riggs v. Christie
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1961-04-06· cited 18×
• Mary Jane Connors and David M. Bliss v. University Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1993-08-26· cited 16×
• Civitarese v. Gorney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1971-02-05· cited 15×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Walker v. Benz Kid Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-06-28· cited 47×
• Harriott v. Plimpton
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1896-10-21· cited 36×
• Mahoney v. Harley Private Hospital, Inc.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1932-04-16· cited 29×
• Guell v. Tenney
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1928-01-05· cited 22×
• King v. Belmore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-02-27· cited 19×
• Cross v. Albee
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1924-10-18· cited 14×
• Chesley v. Durant
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1922-11-29· cited 13×
• Boston v. Fountain
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-05-28· cited 11×
• Sheehan v. Strong
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-11-24· cited 8×
• Mason v. Geddes
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1926-12-18· cited 5×
• Goode v. Lothrop
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1929-03-25· cited 5×