Smith v. Gross

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a wrongful death action brought by the mother for the death of her son caused by the negligence of father was barred because a suit by the son, had he survived, would have been barred by parent-child immunity
• observing that “if a decedent could not have brought a cause of action for injury at the time of death, the wrongful death action ... is precluded” (emphasis added) (citation and internal quotation omitted)
• survival action is “derivative in the fullest sense of the term”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Alleco Inc. v. Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Foundation, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1995-10-11· cited 175×
• Figueiredo-Torres v. Nickel
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1991-01-21· cited 123×
• Bushey v. Northern Assurance Co. of America
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2001-02-08· cited 90×
• Surratt v. Prince George's County
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-09-04· cited 50×
• Spangler v. McQuitty
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2016-07-12· cited 50×
• Mummert v. Alizadeh
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2013-10-18· cited 38×
• Philip Morris USA, Inc. v. Christensen
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 2006-08-04· cited 34×
• Renko v. McLean
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1997-07-30· cited 28×
• Warren v. Warren
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1994-12-08· cited 24×
• Benjamin v. Union Carbide Corp.
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2005-05-03· cited 17×
• Dehn v. Edgecombe
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2003-09-04· cited 13×
• Wooldridge v. Price
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2009-03-05· cited 11×
• FutureCare NorthPoint, LLC v. Peeler
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-07-28· cited 11×
• Greenwood v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 2009-06-18· cited 9×
• Waterman v. Batton
  D. Maryland· 2003-12-11· cited 7×
• Dowling v. A.R.T. Inst. of Wash., Inc.
  D. Maryland· 2019-03-06· cited 7×
• Calhoun v. Eagan
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1996-08-30· cited 5×
• Rubin v. Estate of Warner
  District of Columbia· 1995-03-21· cited 3×
• FutureCare Northpoint v. Peeler
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2016-07-28
• Grier v. Heidenberg
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2022-09-01

Cites

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

• Kaczorowski v. Mayor of Baltimore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1987-05-15· cited 588×
• Pierce v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1983-09-07· cited 160×
• Plumley v. Klein
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1972-07-26· cited 144×
• Sharrow v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-07-15· cited 114×
• Mahnke v. Moore
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-10-01· cited 110×
• Brennecke Ex Rel. Brennecke v. Kilpatrick
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1960-06-13· cited 61×
• Parks v. Parks
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-10-07· cited 60×
• McNeal v. Administrator of Estate of McNeal
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1971-11-08· cited 51×
• Frye v. Frye
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-03-11· cited 50×
• McKeon v. State, Use of Conrad
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1956-12-12· cited 47×
• Burke v. United States
  D. Maryland· 1985-03-21· cited 43×
• Johnson v. Myers
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1972-01-11· cited 40×
• Waltzinger v. Birsner
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1975-10-01· cited 38×
• Castellucci v. Castellucci
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1963-03-08· cited 36×
• Miller Building Supply, Inc. v. Rosen
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1986-02-07· cited 30×
• Latz v. Latz A/K/A Schafer
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1971-01-11· cited 30×
• Palcsey v. Tepper
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1962-01-05· cited 27×
• Hatzinicolas v. Protopapas
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1988-12-09· cited 26×
• Baltimore & Potomac Railroad v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1892-01-14· cited 26×
• Dennis v. Walker
  District of Columbia· 1968-05-09· cited 25×