Travis v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring plaintiff to prove that the defendant acted intentionally or “recklessly when it was certain or substantially certain emotional distress would result from his conduct…”
• reaffirmed in Hatfield v. Health Mgmt. Associates of W. Virginia, 672 S.E.2d 395, 404 (W. Va. 2008
• reaffirmed in Hatfield v. Health Mgmt. Associates of W. Virginia, 672 S.E.2d 395, 404 (W. Va. 2008
• reaffirmed in Hatfield v. Health Mgmt. Associates of W. Virginia, 672 S.E.2d 395, 404 (W. Va. 2008)
• reaffirmed in Hatfield v. Health Mgmt. Associates of W. Virginia, 223 W.Va. 259, 672 S.E.2d 395, 404, (2008
• listing elements of IIED claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• GTE Southwest, Inc. v. Bruce
  Texas Supreme Court· 1999-07-01· cited 441×
• Kerr v. Marshall University Board of Governors
  Fourth Circuit· 2016-05-24· cited 165×
• West Virginia Regional Jail & Correctional Facility Authority v. A.B.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2014-10-31· cited 154×
• Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Nashville
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2005-01-18· cited 117×
• Tiernan v. Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1998-07-21· cited 116×
• Hatfield v. Health Management Associates of West Virginia, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2008-12-12· cited 78×
• Weigle v. Pifer ex rel. City of Vienna Police Department
  S.D. West Virginia· 2015-10-14· cited 73×
• Sheetz, Inc. v. Bowles Rice McDavid Graff & Love, PLLC
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2001-04-27· cited 54×
• O'DELL v. Stegall
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-11-24· cited 48×
• Billy Prince v. Sears Holdings Corporation
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-01-27· cited 47×
• Woods v. Town of Danville, WV
  S.D. West Virginia· 2010-05-14· cited 43×
• Herbert J. Thomas Memorial Hospital Assoc. v. Susan Nutter
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2016-11-17· cited 36×
• Loudin v. National Liability & Fire Insurance
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2011-09-22· cited 31×
• Williamson v. Harden
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2003-05-07· cited 25×
• Tinsley v. Onewest Bank, FSB
  S.D. West Virginia· 2014-03-14· cited 25×
• Ferrell v. Santander Consumer USA, Inc.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2012-03-19· cited 23×
• Philyaw v. Eastern Associated Coal Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2006-07-18· cited 22×
• Jeremiah Goodwin v. City of Shepherdstown
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2019-03-15· cited 19×
• McCoy v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co.
  S.D. West Virginia· 2012-03-14· cited 19×
• Barraco v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2000-07-07· cited 16×

Cites

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

• Painter v. Peavy
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-11-18· cited 1,341×
• Williams v. Precision Coil, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-03-24· cited 565×
• Agis v. Howard Johnson Co.
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1976-10-01· cited 535×
• Harris v. Jones
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1977-12-09· cited 400×
• Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc.
  California Supreme Court· 1970-04-24· cited 366×
• Womack v. Eldridge
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1974-12-02· cited 328×
• Harless v. First National Bank in Fairmont
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1982-03-23· cited 292×
• Hayseeds, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1986-12-12· cited 242×
• Pierce v. Ford Motor Co. Mahone v. Ford Motor Co
  Fourth Circuit· 1951-08-10· cited 234×
• Carmel A. Gallagher v. George J. Delaney, Robert A. Hansen, and Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 1998-03-19· cited 218×
• Hall v. May Department Stores Co.
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1981-12-09· cited 203×
• Long v. City of Weirton
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1975-04-29· cited 148×
• Skaggs v. Elk Run Coal Co., Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1996-07-11· cited 144×
• Contreras v. Crown Zellerbach Corp.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1977-06-30· cited 129×
• Hanlon v. Chambers
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-10-26· cited 125×
• Kincaid v. Mangum
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-06-10· cited 123×
• Tanner v. Rite Aid of West Virginia, Inc.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1995-07-19· cited 97×
• Bridges v. Winn-Dixie Atlanta, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1985-09-10· cited 93×
• Courtney v. Courtney
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1993-06-11· cited 75×
• Dzinglski v. Weirton Steel Corp.
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 1994-05-26· cited 75×