Booker v. Duke Medical Center

Decided July 12, 1979. Susie Sharp wrote the opinion for the court.

256 S.E.2d 189 · Cited 434 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Booker v. Duke Medical Center · 231 S.E.2d 187
• State v. Wade · 251 S.E.2d 407
• Henry v. A. C. Lawrence Leather Co. · 66 S.E.2d 693
• Mills v. Detroit Tuberculosis Sanitarium · 35 N.W.2d 239
• Tucker v. in Death of Gonzales · 546 P.2d 1271
• Hobbs v. County of Moore · 149 S.E.2d 1
• Schwartz v. Talmo · 205 N.W.2d 318
• State ex rel. Ohio Bell Telephone Co. v. Krise · 42 Ohio St. 2d 247
• Glodenis v. American Brass Co. · 170 A. 146
• Brown Shoe Company v. Reed · 350 S.W.2d 65
• State v. Sparks · 207 S.E.2d 712
• Matter of Harman v. Republic Aviation Corp. · 82 N.E.2d 785
• Duncan v. City of Charlotte · 66 S.E.2d 22
• Lelenko v. Wilson H. Lee Co. · 24 A.2d 253
• Underwood v. National Motor Castings Division, Campbell, Wyant & Cannon Foundry Co. · 45 N.W.2d 286
• State v. DeGregory · 203 S.E.2d 794
• McCrater v. Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. · 104 S.E.2d 858
• Wilson v. Anderson · 59 S.E.2d 836
• Mann v. VIRGINIA DARE TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, INC. · 198 S.E.2d 558
• Paull v. Preston Theatres Corp. · 124 P.2d 562
• Cline v. Mayor of Baltimore · 283 A.2d 188
• Plemmer v. Matthewson · 190 S.E.2d 204
• Bryan v. First Free Will Baptist Church · 147 S.E.2d 633
• Piedmont Memorial Hospital, Inc. v. Guilford County · 20 S.E.2d 332
• Otten v. University Hospitals · 40 N.W.2d 81

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