Simmons v. Neuman

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that res ipsa loquitur may support a directed verdict “only when the plaintiff’s circumstantial proof is so convincing and the defendant’s response so weak that the inference of [the] defendant’s negligence is inescapable” (quotation simplified)

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• DENGLER, DOREEN v. POSNICK, M.D., STEVEN J.
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2011-04-01· cited 11×
• Antoniato v. Long Island Jewish Medical Center
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-01-20· cited 10×
• Lau v. Ky
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2009-06-09· cited 8×
• Malmberg v. United States
  N.D. New York· 2011-05-03· cited 4×
• Wakefield v. Gutzman
  Court of Appeals of Utah· 2024-05-23· cited 2×
• Lancer Insurance v. Saravia
  New York Supreme Court· 2013-03-29

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Kambat v. St. Francis Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 1997-02-13· cited 450×
• Morejon v. Rais Construction Co.
  New York Court of Appeals· 2006-05-09· cited 385×
• Fogal v. Genesee Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1973-06-01· cited 82×
• States v. Lourdes Hospital
  New York Court of Appeals· 2003-05-06· cited 57×
• Matlick v. Long Island Jewish Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1966-02-14· cited 10×
• DiGiacomo v. Cabrini Medical Center
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2005-09-26· cited 9×
• Pryor v. Commonwealth Land Title Insurance
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2003-11-17· cited 7×