Simon v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that Indiana does not engage in \the process of analyzing different issues within the same case separately under the laws of different states\
• holding that the state where a plane crashed was “one of the rare cases in which the place of the tort is insignificant”
• explaining that “[i]f the location of the tort is insignificant to the action, the court should consider other contacts that may be more relevant”
• stating that the first step in any conflicts analysis is to determine if a true conflict exists
• holding that place of a plane -crash was insignificant
• finding that the last event necessary to make the defendant liable for wrongful death was the injury that occurred when the plane crashed and the decedents died, not when the prior negligent acts were committed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Sherry Katz-Crank v. Kimberly Haskett
  Seventh Circuit· 2016-12-08· cited 177×
• Intercon Solutions, Inc. v. Basel Action Network
  N.D. Illinois· 2013-08-28· cited 45×
• Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. v. Arteaga
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2015-04-06· cited 42×
• National Union Fire Insurance Co. of Pittsburgh, PA. v. Standard Fusee Corp.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2010-12-29· cited 36×
• Kentucky National Insurance Co. v. Empire Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2010-01-07· cited 34×
• Chad Mathis v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co
  Seventh Circuit· 2021-08-30· cited 21×
• Klein v. DePuy, Inc.
  Seventh Circuit· 2007-10-25· cited 20×
• American Employers Insurance Co. v. Coachmen Industries, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2005-12-14· cited 14×
• Alli v. Eli Lilly and Co.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2006-09-20· cited 13×
• Byers v. Lincoln Electric Co.
  N.D. Ohio· 2009-03-20· cited 12×
• In Re Paternity of Duran
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2009-01-30· cited 8×
• Cathy Rexroad v. Greenwood Motor Lines, Inc. d/b/a R+L Carriers, r&L Carriers Shared Services, LLC, and Richard C. Maples, Sr.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2015-07-08· cited 8×
• Trinity Industries Leasing Co. v. Midwest Gas Storage, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 2014-03-21· cited 8×
• Shaw Family Archives, Ltd. v. CMG Worldwide, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2006-05-19· cited 7×
• Advanced Turf Solutions, Inc. v. Johns
  S.D. Indiana· 2016-11-30· cited 5×
• Popovich v. Weingarten
  N.D. Indiana· 2011-03-14· cited 3×
• Shaw v. LDC Enterprises, Inc.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2007-03-30· cited 3×
• Anyango v. Rolls-Royce Corp.
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2011-08-24· cited 3×
• Anyango v. Rolls-Royce Corp.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2012-07-30· cited 3×
• Klein v. Depuy, Inc.
  N.D. Indiana· 2007-01-31· cited 2×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Richards v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-02-26· cited 1,608×
• Hubbard Manufacturing Co. v. Greeson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1987-12-01· cited 141×
• Cahoon v. Cummings
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2000-09-01· cited 127×
• Simon v. United States
  Third Circuit· 2003-08-20· cited 101×
• Allen v. Great American Reserve Insurance Co.
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-04-02· cited 91×
• Virgil Jean v. William E. Dugan
  Seventh Circuit· 1994-03-24· cited 87×
• Control Techniques, Inc. v. Johnson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2002-02-05· cited 68×
• Davita Carter v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-06-24· cited 46×
• Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Allied Corporation and General Electric Railcar Services Corporation
  Seventh Circuit· 1989-08-15· cited 21×
• Cap Gemini America, Inc. v. Judd
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1992-08-18· cited 21×
• Raflo v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2001-02-13· cited 15×
• Estate of Sullivan v. United States
  N.D. Indiana· 1991-09-16· cited 9×
• Judge v. Pilot Oil Corp.
  Seventh Circuit· 2000-02-28· cited 6×
• Simon v. United States
  Indiana Supreme Court· 2003-09-05· cited 1×