Swartz v. Gale Webb Transportation Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “an injury that carries the risk of complications is more significant than one that does not include this risk and ... expert testimony [is] properly admitted to assist the jury in determining the nature and extent of ... injuries”
• “[t]o preserve an alleged error in admitting evidence' for appellate review, a party must make a timely and valid objection and receive an adverse ruling”
• “That [plaintiff’s] present injury brings with it this increased risk of future injury ‘is information the jury should have in the difficult task of trying to give plaintiff’s condition a dollar value.’” (citation omitted)
• plaintiff merely “at risk” of requiring future surgery

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Fleshner v. Pepose Vision Institute, P.C.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-02-09· cited 155×
• Klotz v. St. Anthony's Medical Center
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-05-25· cited 102×
• State v. Stover
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-09-25· cited 77×
• Patrick Blanks v. Fluor Corporation
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2014-09-16· cited 76×
• Kivland v. Columbia Orthopaedic Group, LLP
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2011-01-25· cited 74×
• Watts ex rel. Watts v. Lester E. Cox Medical Centers
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2012-07-31· cited 74×
• Jason D. Dodson and Jason D. Dodson, Jr., a Minor, and Eva Raine Dodson-Lohse, a Minor, and August William Davis Dodson, a Minor, said Minors appearing by the duly appointed Next Friend Jason D. Dodson, Respondent/Cross-Appellant v. Robert P. Ferrara, M.D., and Mercy Clinic Heart and Vascular, LLC, Appellants/Cross-Respondents.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2016-04-19· cited 49×
• Delacroix v. Doncasters, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-05-07· cited 45×
• Joe Frazier v. City of Kansas City, Missouri
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2015-04-14· cited 32×
• Gateway Foam Insulators, Inc. v. Jokerst Paving & Contracting, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2009-03-31· cited 29×
• Kline v. City of Kansas City
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2011-02-15· cited 27×
• Payne v. Fiesta Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-27· cited 26×
• Lee v. Farmer's Rural Electric Cooperative Corp.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-10-19· cited 24×
• Tracy L. Reed v. The Kansas City Missouri School District
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-12-06· cited 23×
• Wilson v. P.B. Patel, M.D., P.C.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2017-05-16· cited 19×
• Deck v. Teasley
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2010-10-26· cited 18×
• Livingston v. Baxter Health Care Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2010-06-22· cited 16×
• State v. Gott
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-07-05· cited 14×
• Bowman v. Prinster
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2012-10-23· cited 13×
• Billings Mutual Insurance Co. v. Cameron Mutual Insurance Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2007-05-09· cited 10×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Dillon v. Evanston Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 2002-05-23· cited 253×
• Petriello v. Kalman
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1990-06-19· cited 152×
• State v. Copeland
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1996-08-20· cited 114×
• Seabaugh v. Milde Farms, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1991-09-10· cited 85×
• Bynote v. National Super Markets, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1995-01-24· cited 81×
• Dunn v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1981-06-08· cited 57×
• Breeding v. Dodson Trailer Repair, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1984-11-20· cited 45×
• Feist v. Sears, Roebuck & Company
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1973-12-20· cited 31×
• McGuire v. Seltsam
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2004-07-01· cited 23×
• Stephens v. Guffey
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1966-12-12· cited 22×
• Leenders v. California Hawaiian Sugar Refining Corp.
  California Court of Appeal· 1943-07-23· cited 19×
• Vitt v. Ryder Truck Rentals, Inc.
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1976-12-20· cited 18×
• State Ex Rel. State Highway Commission v. Offutt
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1972-12-11· cited 16×
• State ex rel. Midwest Gas Users' Ass'n v. Public Service Commission
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1998-06-02· cited 11×
• State v. Shaw
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1983-02-23· cited 10×
• Anderson v. Golden
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1996-03-01· cited 9×
• Longshore v. City of St. Louis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1985-07-23· cited 7×