Tompkins v. Cervantes

How courts have described this case

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

• negligence in allowing psychotic patient to flee was simply a prior and remote condition giving rise to the occasion which made the injury possible, not the proximate cause of the injury, even though injury would not have occurred “but for” negligence in allowing him to flee

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Thompson v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-08-22· cited 59×
• M.C. v. Yeargin
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-03-10· cited 40×
• Wilson v. Image Flooring, LLC
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-03-19· cited 38×
• SKMDV Holdings, Inc. v. Green Jacobson, P.C.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2016-04-12· cited 29×
• Baker v. Guzon
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1997-07-22· cited 28×
• Wandersee v. BP Products North America, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 2008-07-29· cited 28×
• Sill v. Burlington Northern Railroad
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2002-10-25· cited 27×
• Super v. White
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-05-23· cited 24×
• Vintila v. Drassen
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2001-06-27· cited 23×
• Mueller v. Bauer
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2001-07-17· cited 22×
• Long v. Missouri Delta Medical Center
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-11-13· cited 21×
• Portis v. Greenhaw
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2001-01-09· cited 16×
• Sanders v. Hartville Milling Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-02-09· cited 15×
• Ploch v. Hamai
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2006-12-19· cited 15×
• McBurney v. Cameron
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2008-01-22· cited 14×
• English v. Empire Dist. Elec. Co., Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2007-04-23· cited 13×
• Esmond v. Bituminous Casualty Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2000-05-31· cited 13×
• Coin Acceptors, Inc. v. Haverstock, Garrett & Roberts, LLP
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2013-04-09· cited 12×
• Wicklund v. Handoyo
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2005-11-01· cited 11×
• Abbott v. Haga
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2002-06-25· cited 9×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Hospital
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1993-10-26· cited 335×
• Hurlock v. Park Lane Medical Center, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-05-30· cited 80×
• Yoos v. Jewish Hospital of St. Louis
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1982-12-21· cited 68×
• Oberkramer v. City of Ellisville
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-01-25· cited 58×
• Gaines v. Monsanto Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1983-05-24· cited 56×
• Bertram v. Wunning
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1965-01-19· cited 52×
• Dix v. Motor Market, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-07-13· cited 37×
• Wyckoff v. Davis
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1957-01-14· cited 22×
• Jordan v. General Growth Development Corp.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-07-10· cited 21×
• Clymer v. Tennison
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1964-12-07· cited 21×
• Jines v. Young
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1987-07-01· cited 19×
• Stevens v. State
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1978-01-03· cited 19×
• Tompkins v. Kusama
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1991-12-03· cited 18×
• Shackelford v. West Central Electric Cooperative, Inc.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1984-05-15· cited 18×
• Vodicka v. Upjohn Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1994-01-04· cited 13×
• Boatright v. Shaw
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1990-12-26· cited 12×
• Lavo v. Medlin
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1986-01-14· cited 10×
• French v. Tri-Continental Leasing Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1976-11-16· cited 9×
• Pemiscot County Memorial Hospital v. Missouri Labor & Industrial Relations Commission
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1992-03-03· cited 8×
• Kantel Communications, Inc. v. Casey
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1993-08-31· cited 8×