Tomfohr v. Mayo Foundation

How courts have described this case

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

• a hospital voluntarily undertakes the duty to protect the patient from self-inflicted injury, it had assumed a duty to exercise reasonable care to prevent the event.
• attempted suicide committed by mentally ill patient in locked hospital ward
• rejection of comparative negligence defense admittedly limited to the type of factual situation presented by that case, to wit, an attempted suicide committed by a mentally ill patient admitted to locked hospital ward where the medical staff was aware of suicidal ideations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• White Ex Rel. Estate of White v. Lawrence
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1998-08-31· cited 243×
• Turner v. Jordan
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 1997-12-29· cited 170×
• Mississippi Dept. of Mental Health v. Hall
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-08-24· cited 72×
• Champagne v. United States
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1994-03-08· cited 47×
• Winger v. Franciscan Medical Center
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-24· cited 42×
• Todd A. Mulhern, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of Elizabeth M. Von Linden v. Catholic Health Initiatives A/K/A Catholic Health Initiatives Iowa Corp. D/B/A Mercy Franklin Center and/or Mercy Hospital and/or Mercy Psychiatric Services
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2011-06-24· cited 41×
• Sandborg v. Blue Earth County
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 2000-07-27· cited 18×
• Jeff Cahn v. Copac, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2015-12-08· cited 16×
• McKay's Family Dodge v. Hardrives, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1992-01-28· cited 10×
• Molloy v. Meier
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2003-05-06· cited 9×
• In re P.W. v. Children's Hospital Colorado
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2016-01-25· cited 8×
• Shea v. Esensten
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2001-02-06· cited 6×
• Sandborg v. Blue Earth County
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1999-11-23· cited 5×
• Mississippi Department of Mental Health v. Julia Renee Hall
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-30
• Allen D. Heflin and wife, Jean LaRue Heflin, as Natural Parents and Next-of-Kin of Hugh Allen Heflin, v., Stewart County, Tennessee
  Court of Appeals of Tennessee· 1995-10-20
• Winger v. Franciscan Medical
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-09-24

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Cowan v. Doering
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1988-08-11· cited 109×
• Gryc Ex Rel. Gryc v. Dayton-Hudson Corp.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1980-05-23· cited 84×
• Seim Ex Rel. Seim v. Garavalia
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1981-06-19· cited 69×
• Kusah v. McCorkle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1918-02-14· cited 58×
• Zerby v. Warren
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1973-08-10· cited 53×
• Hunt v. King County
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1971-01-04· cited 49×
• Sylvester v. Northwestern Hospital of Minneapolis
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1952-04-18· cited 48×
• Cowan v. Doering
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1987-01-15· cited 33×
• Mounds Park Hospital, A/K/A N. W. Baptist Hospital Association v. Evelyn Von Eye and Dr. E. M. Hammes, Sr., Dr. E. M. Hammes Jr., and Dr. D. D. Norman
  Eighth Circuit· 1957-06-28· cited 31×
• Mesedahl v. St. Luke's Hospital Assn.
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1935-04-05· cited 26×
• Audette v. Lindahl
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1950-05-19· cited 19×
• Warner v. Kiowa County Hospital Authority
  Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma· 1976-07-01· cited 17×
• Toetschinger v. Ihnot
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1977-01-27· cited 13×
• Clements v. Swedish Hospital
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1958-03-14· cited 11×
• Riegel Textile Corp. v. Gryc ex rel. Gryc
  Supreme Court· 1980-10-20· cited 11×
• Watts Ex Rel. Watts v. Erickson
  Supreme Court of Minnesota· 1955-04-01· cited 10×
• Shuffman v. Hartford Textile Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1980-10-20· cited 10×