State v. Eaton

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the district court properly subtracted the amount the plaintiff received for releasing other co-defendants before reducing the jury verdict to the statutory maximum
• recognizing a “bystander” cause of action for negligent infliction of emotional distress
• allowing for potential separate damage awards against the State for the mother’s personal injury, wrongful death of her baby, and for the mother’s claim for emotional distress

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Clohessy v. Bachelor
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1996-05-21· cited 248×
• Burris v. Grange Mutual Companies
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1989-10-18· cited 153×
• Chowdhry v. NLVH, INC.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-05-07· cited 117×
• Brown v. Alliance Real Estate Group
  Supreme Court of Oklahoma· 1999-02-09· cited 85×
• Tommy's Elbow Room, Inc. v. Kavorkian
  Alaska Supreme Court· 1986-10-31· cited 62×
• County of Clark Ex Rel. University Medical Center v. Upchurch
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-07-27· cited 52×
• Grotts v. Zahner
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1999-12-13· cited 42×
• Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department v. Yeghiazarian
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2013-11-07· cited 27×
• BUCK BY BUCK v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1989-11-27· cited 24×
• Frances v. Plaza Pacific Equities, Inc.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1993-02-23· cited 24×
• Badillo v. American Brands, Inc.
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2001-01-30· cited 24×
• Stump v. Ashland, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1997-11-24· cited 23×
• Smith v. Clough
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1990-08-29· cited 22×
• Coty v. Washoe County
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1992-09-03· cited 20×
• State Ex Rel. Department of Transportation v. Hill
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-09-01· cited 18×
• Graves v. Estabrook
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2003-03-03· cited 16×
• Crippens v. Sav on Drug Stores
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1998-07-28· cited 10×
• Coughlin v. Tailhook Ass'n, Inc.
  D. Nevada· 1993-04-06· cited 9×
• Hallett v. United States Department of Navy
  D. Nevada· 1994-04-18· cited 9×
• Rollins Ex Rel. Estate of Rollins v. Peterson Builders, Inc.
  D. Rhode Island· 1991-01-10· cited 8×

Cites

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

• Dillon v. Legg
  California Supreme Court· 1968-06-21· cited 1,026×
• Paugh v. Hanks
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-07-27· cited 441×
• Sinn v. Burd
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-07-11· cited 424×
• Tobin v. Grossman
  New York Court of Appeals· 1969-04-24· cited 302×
• Portee v. Jaffee
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1980-07-29· cited 279×
• Bovsun v. Sanperi
  New York Court of Appeals· 1984-02-23· cited 247×
• Rickey v. Chicago Transit Authority
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1983-06-17· cited 210×
• Corso v. Merrill
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-08-20· cited 144×
• Landreth v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1978-08-22· cited 138×
• Schultz v. Barberton Glass Co.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1983-04-13· cited 138×
• Dziokonski v. Babineau
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-30· cited 122×
• Keck v. Jackson
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1979-04-05· cited 121×
• Barnhill v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-01-14· cited 113×
• Ramirez v. Armstrong
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1983-12-21· cited 109×
• Star v. Rabello
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1981-03-20· cited 101×
• D'Ambra v. United States
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1975-05-21· cited 84×
• Culbert v. Sampson's Supermarkets Inc.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-04-30· cited 83×
• Stadler v. Cross
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-07-03· cited 71×
• State v. Silva
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1970-12-28· cited 68×
• Dawson v. Garcia
  Tex. App. Ct., 5th Dist. (Dallas)· 1984-01-17· cited 62×