Wilson v. Whittaker

How courts have described this case

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

• ordering new trial where trial court improperly allowed recovery of punitive damages and admitted irrelevant evidence
• reciting the accepted principle that \in an action for wrongful death the personal representative of the deceased sues primarily as trustee for certain statutory beneficiaries and not for the general benefit of the decedent's estate\
• reciting the accepted principle that “in an action for wrongful death the personal representative of the deceased sues primarily as trustee for certain statutory beneficiaries and not for the general benefit of the decedent’s estate”
• since purpose of statute not to punish wrongdoers, punitive damages could not be assessed
• “damages may be awarded not only for the pecuniary loss sustained by the statutory beneficiaries (including the probáble earnings of the deceased for the duration of his life expectancy in view of his health, age, business capacity, and experience
• listing a decedent’s personal representative as a type of fiduciary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Johnny Overstreet, Administrator of the Estate of David Wilkey, Deceased v. Kentucky Central Life Insurance Company
  Fourth Circuit· 1991-12-04· cited 120×
• Semler v. Psychiatric Institute of Washington, D. C., Inc.
  D.C. Circuit· 1978-03-28· cited 83×
• Gavica v. Hanson
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1980-03-06· cited 79×
• Stutsman v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Mid-Atlantic States, Inc.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1988-07-14· cited 73×
• Jones, Mabel S. v. Prince George Cty
  D.C. Circuit· 2003-11-14· cited 66×
• Lawrence v. Craven Tire Co.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1969-09-05· cited 54×
• In Re Air Crash Disaster at Washington, D.C. on January 13, 1982
  District of Columbia· 1983-03-03· cited 50×
• Dammarell v. Islamic Republic of Iran
  District of Columbia· 2005-12-14· cited 48×
• Cassady v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 41×
• Kone v. Wilson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2006-06-08· cited 34×
• Horn v. Abernathy
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-04-25· cited 34×
• Andis v. Hawkins
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1986-02-18· cited 28×
• Van Fossen v. United States
  N.D. California· 1977-06-08· cited 21×
• Marshall v. Goughnour
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-08-28· cited 20×
• O'CONNOR v. Several Unknown Correctional Officers
  E.D. Virginia· 1981-10-15· cited 18×
• Rice v. Charles
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2000-06-09· cited 16×
• Charles B. Beverage, Jr., Administrator of the Estate of Gwendolyn Hicks, Deceased v. Fred Douglas Harvey
  Fourth Circuit· 1979-07-31· cited 15×
• Sawyer v. United States
  E.D. Virginia· 1978-11-20· cited 15×
• Hewitt v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
  E.D. Virginia· 1980-06-10· cited 12×
• In Re Tignor
  E.D. Virginia· 1982-06-24· cited 12×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Matthews v. Hicks, Adm'r.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1955-06-13· cited 48×
• Ellis B. Grady, Jr., Administrator, C.T.A., of Margarette W. Rodgers, Deceased v. Richard Eugene Irvine
  Fourth Circuit· 1958-04-08· cited 39×
• Eubank v. Spencer
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1962-12-03· cited 30×
• Ralph Seymour & Burford Buick Corp. v. Richardson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1953-03-09· cited 29×
• Ruebush v. Funk
  Fourth Circuit· 1933-01-10· cited 24×
• Conrad v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1954-03-15· cited 17×
• Atlantic Greyhound Lines, Inc. v. Keesee
  D.C. Circuit· 1940-03-11· cited 15×
• Hudson Motor Car Co. v. Hertz
  Sixth Circuit· 1941-06-25· cited 9×
• Mercer v. City of Richmond
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1929-06-13· cited 8×