Sinai v. Polinger Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that plaintiff did not assume risk of being shot when he pursued assailant after an altercation because he did not know his assailant was armed
• endorsing jury instruction on the (. . . continued) emotional distress] if an ordinary person would not have suffered severe emotional disturbance.”
• identifying subjective knowledge as one of the elements for assumption of risk
• assess landlord’s duty of care to tenant by reference to care normally required of other property managers
• “[T]he amount of care owed a plaintiff by a particular defendant is ‘a relative concept’ that changes ‘according to circumstances.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• District of Columbia v. Peters
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-06-18· cited 95×
• Weinberg v. Johnson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-12-08· cited 93×
• Muldrow Ex Rel. Estate of Muldrow v. Re-Direct, Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 2007-07-03· cited 89×
• Bernstein v. Fernandez
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-03-28· cited 82×
• Beck v. State, Department of Transportation & Public Facilities
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1992-07-31· cited 75×
• Jackson v. Axelrad
  Texas Supreme Court· 2007-04-20· cited 63×
• Jarrett v. Woodward Bros., Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2000-05-25· cited 55×
• Nimetz v. Cappadona
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-09-17· cited 47×
• Sandoe v. Lefta Associates
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-05-12· cited 42×
• Jane Doe v. Dominion Bank of Washington, N.A
  D.C. Circuit· 1992-07-07· cited 40×
• Loughlin v. United States
  District of Columbia· 2002-11-19· cited 34×
• Ivar J. Queen v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  D.C. Circuit· 1988-03-25· cited 33×
• Novak v. CAPITAL MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT CORP.
  D.C. Circuit· 2009-06-26· cited 31×
• Warner Fruehauf Trailer Co. v. Boston
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1995-02-23· cited 30×
• Bocchini v. Gorn Management Co.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1986-10-14· cited 28×
• Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Johnson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-03-03· cited 26×
• In Re Haar
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1997-07-17· cited 24×
• District of Columbia v. Brown
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1991-04-03· cited 24×
• Lynn v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1999-07-22· cited 23×
• Janifer v. Jandebeur
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1989-01-10· cited 22×

Cites

39 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1984-02-15· cited 847×
• Sarah B. Kline v. 1500 Massachusetts Avenue Apartment Corporation
  D.C. Circuit· 1970-09-08· cited 201×
• Morrison v. MacNamara
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-02· cited 160×
• Lacy v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-12-05· cited 109×
• Griffith v. Board of Commissioners of the Alabama State Bar
  Supreme Court· 1966-01-17· cited 104×
• Anita Pritchard, Administratrix of the Estate of Otto E. Pritchard, Deceased v. Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, a Corporation
  Third Circuit· 1965-07-26· cited 95×
• Payne v. Soft Sheen Products, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-01-16· cited 86×
• Lewis v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1983-06-29· cited 80×
• Rich v. District of Columbia
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-10-01· cited 77×
• Martin v. George Hyman Construction Co.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1978-11-21· cited 71×
• Scoggins v. Jude
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-09-04· cited 67×
• Spar v. Obwoya
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1977-02-01· cited 65×
• March v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1976-07-14· cited 57×
• Landella Kanelos v. Milton Kettler
  D.C. Circuit· 1968-10-02· cited 51×
• Lynch v. Meridian Hill Studio Apts., Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-04-25· cited 51×
• Bartak v. Bell-Galyardt & Wells, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 1980-08-12· cited 51×
• Washington Hospital Center v. Butler
  D.C. Circuit· 1967-09-29· cited 45×
• Karl Ohliger v. United States of America and Oscar Redding
  Second Circuit· 1962-10-03· cited 44×
• D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. Carney
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1969-06-16· cited 43×
• Graham v. M & J CORP.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1980-11-24· cited 36×