Thornton v. CAMC, ETC.

How courts have described this case

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

• predicting that Vermont Supreme Court would recognize \loss of chance\ doctrine
• including Virginia as a jurisdiction that has adopted the “value of a chance” theory, citing Whitfield
• defendant’s negligent act or omission increased the risk and was a substantial factor in causing the ultimate injury
• appellate review must be limited to those issues which appear in the record
• appellate review must be limited to those issues which appear- in the record
• proving increased risk is sufficient to prove causation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hospital
  Texas Supreme Court· 1993-09-10· cited 346×
• Weymers v. Khera
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1997-06-17· cited 294×
• Kilpatrick v. Bryant
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1993-12-22· cited 241×
• Orr v. Crowder
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1984-01-25· cited 177×
• State v. Honaker
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-15· cited 123×
• Mayhorn v. Logan Medical Foundation
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-12· cited 95×
• Wollen v. DePaul Health Center
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1992-04-02· cited 93×
• In Re Cesar L.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2007-10-25· cited 79×
• Matsuyama v. Birnbaum
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-07-23· cited 76×
• Bell v. Inland Mutual Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1985-04-11· cited 67×
• Falcon v. Memorial Hospital
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1990-09-26· cited 65×
• Fennell v. Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1990-10-09· cited 60×
• State v. Ashcraft
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1983-11-10· cited 44×
• Michael v. Sabado
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-12-21· cited 43×
• Sherer v. James
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 1986-11-17· cited 41×
• Jacober v. St. Peter's Medical Center
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1992-07-08· cited 40×
• O'Neal v. Peake Operating Co.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1991-04-17· cited 35×
• Borkowski v. Sacheti
  Connecticut Appellate Court· 1996-10-01· cited 34×
• Reager Ex Rel. Reager v. Anderson
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1988-07-22· cited 29×
• Pleasants v. Alliance Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-01-10· cited 25×

Cites

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

• Darling v. Charleston Community Memorial Hospital
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1965-09-29· cited 487×
• Harry J. Hicks, Administrator of the Estate of Carol Greitens, Deceased v. United States
  Fourth Circuit· 1966-10-27· cited 221×
• Cooper v. Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Inc.
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1971-07-21· cited 185×
• Jones v. Montefiore Hospital
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-02· cited 175×
• Majors v. Brodhead Hotel
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-01-05· cited 148×
• Gradel v. Inouye
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-10-31· cited 132×
• State v. Peacher
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-07-14· cited 110×
• State v. Pendry
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1976-07-20· cited 108×
• Thomas v. Corso
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1972-03-17· cited 81×
• Hundley v. Martinez
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1967-12-12· cited 79×
• Kallenberg v. Beth Israel Hospital
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1974-06-27· cited 75×
• Purcell v. Zimbelman
  Court of Appeals of Arizona· 1972-07-20· cited 75×
• State v. Payne
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-06-30· cited 71×
• Parker v. Knowlton Construction Company, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-01-14· cited 68×
• Jo Pearl Jeanes, Administratrix of the Estate of Tommy Joe Jeanes, Deceased v. E. L. Milner, William S. Orr and Aetna Casualty & Surety Company
  Eighth Circuit· 1970-06-08· cited 65×
• Whitfield v. Whittaker Memorial Hospital
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 62×
• Hovermale v. Berkeley Springs Moose Lodge No. 1483
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1980-10-07· cited 61×
• United States v. Alfred Erdos
  Fourth Circuit· 1973-02-14· cited 60×
• Bowman v. Barnes
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1981-09-29· cited 50×
• Dabroe v. Rhodes Co.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1964-05-14· cited 46×