Ybarra v. Spangard

How courts have described this case

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

• applying doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, which shifts to defendant burden of producing evidence of causation where evidence is practically available to defendants but not to plaintiff
• application of doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to a \foreign-instrument\ medical-malpractice case where several physicians and nurses participated in an operation
• application of doctrine of res ipsa loquitur to a “foreign-instrument” medical-malpractice case where several physicians and nurses participated in an operation
• res ipsa loquitur applied to medical malpractice action based on negligence of unidentified members of operating room team
• injury caused to unconscious plaintiff in operating room where several physicians and nurses were present
• injury caused to unconscious idaintiff in operating room where several physicians and nurses were present

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Cited by

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

• Colbert v. City of Chicago
  Seventh Circuit· 2017-03-14· cited 822×
• Nga Li v. Yellow Cab Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1975-03-31· cited 760×
• Summers v. Tice
  California Supreme Court· 1948-11-17· cited 428×
• Cobbs v. Grant
  California Supreme Court· 1972-10-27· cited 393×
• Sindell v. Abbott Laboratories
  California Supreme Court· 1980-03-20· cited 373×
• United Air Lines, Inc. v. Janice Wiener and Catherine B. Nollenberger (Excluding Faith C. Paris), United States of America v. Janice Wiener
  Ninth Circuit· 1964-12-16· cited 315×
• Ayers v. Township of Jackson
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1987-05-07· cited 310×
• Green v. Ralee Engineering Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1998-08-31· cited 294×
• Burr v. Sherwin Williams Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1954-04-16· cited 257×
• Jason Billman v. Indiana Department of Corrections
  Seventh Circuit· 1995-06-05· cited 253×
• In Re \Agent Orange\ Product Liability Litigation
  E.D. New York· 1984-09-25· cited 214×
• Bruce D. Wellman, Cross-Appellees v. Gordon H. Faulkner, Cross-Appellants
  Seventh Circuit· 1983-08-09· cited 211×
• Becker v. Lake County Memorial Hospital West
  Ohio Supreme Court· 1990-08-29· cited 198×
• Seneris v. Haas
  California Supreme Court· 1955-12-23· cited 190×
• Abel v. Eli Lilly & Co.
  Michigan Supreme Court· 1984-02-06· cited 188×
• Zentz v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1952-08-06· cited 176×
• Ford v. Jeffries
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-28· cited 174×
• Hollie M. Williams v. Utica College of Syracuse University, and Burns International Security Services Corp., Docket No. 05-1898-Cv
  Second Circuit· 2006-06-28· cited 163×
• Kolakowski v. Voris
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1980-12-19· cited 160×
• Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.
  E.D. New York· 1972-05-18· cited 155×

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Escola v. Coca Cola Bottling Co.
  California Supreme Court· 1944-07-05· cited 411×
• Ales v. Ryan
  California Supreme Court· 1936-12-31· cited 96×
• Armstrong v. Wallace
  California Court of Appeal· 1935-07-22· cited 50×
• Vergeldt v. Hartzell
  Eighth Circuit· 1924-07-25· cited 16×
• Metz v. Southern Pacific Co.
  California Court of Appeal· 1942-04-15· cited 11×

Other cases named Ybarra v. Spangard

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Ybarra v. Spangard
  California Court of Appeal· 1949-07-20· cited 20×