Stephens v. Stephens

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 statute of limitations did not toll during the period when common law interspousal immunity from tort liability remained in effect
• holding that the statute of limitations did not toll during the period when common law interspousal immunity from tort liability remained in effect
• judicial elimination of interspousal tort immunity; cause of action accrued at injury not at time of change in law
• judicial elimination of interspousal tort immunity; cause of action accrued at injury not at time of change in law
• legislature lowered the age of majority to 18 years, but did not amend statute suspending limitations period for disability until after plaintiff turned 21 years old; court found no implied repeal by the law lowering the age of majority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Asarco Inc. v. Air Quality Coalition
  Washington Supreme Court· 1979-10-11· cited 53×
• Mcconnell v. Critchlow
  Ninth Circuit· 1981-11-09· cited 49×
• Petcu v. State
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2004-03-30· cited 33×
• Kittilson v. Ford
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-05-22· cited 23×
• Anderson v. Lutheran Deaconess Hospital
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-08-12· cited 9×
• Farver v. Department of Retirement Systems
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1981-04-27· cited 8×
• Torkelson v. Roerick
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1979-12-18· cited 8×
• Willey v. Brown
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1978-08-15· cited 7×
• Gebbie v. Olson
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1992-05-05· cited 4×
• Thornton v. Badger Northland, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 1977-05-20

Cites

19 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Estate of Horman
  California Supreme Court· 1971-06-10· cited 130×
• Shapiro v. Shapiro
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 128×
• Freehe v. Freehe
  Washington Supreme Court· 1972-08-31· cited 123×
• Leon Akers v. State Marine Lines, Inc.
  Fifth Circuit· 1965-04-28· cited 58×
• In Re Chi-Dooh Li
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-08-26· cited 50×
• Seamans v. Walgren
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-09-13· cited 39×
• Versluis v. Town of Haskell, Okl.
  Tenth Circuit· 1946-03-25· cited 26×
• Robert Tavernier v. Weyerhaeuser Company, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1962-10-17· cited 19×
• Linker v. Linker
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 1970-03-24· cited 17×
• Greenwood v. State Board for Community College Education
  Washington Supreme Court· 1973-08-02· cited 16×
• Hampton v. Hampton Holding Co.
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1955-02-14· cited 15×
• Manion v. Pardee
  Washington Supreme Court· 1971-03-18· cited 12×
• Gifford v. Saunders
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 1971-05-15· cited 10×
• Owens v. McMahan
  Washington Supreme Court· 1922-11-08· cited 9×
• Zorgias v. the SS Hellenic Star
  E.D. Louisiana· 1972-04-26· cited 8×
• Rieseberg v. State
  New York State Court of Claims· 1963-10-26· cited 8×
• Schlarb v. Castaing
  Washington Supreme Court· 1908-09-15· cited 7×
• William L. Curles v. Ruth A. Curles, Ruth A. Curles v. William L. Curles
  D.C. Circuit· 1957-02-27· cited 5×
• Gates v. Shaffer
  Washington Supreme Court· 1913-03-15· cited 3×