Hopson v. St. Mary's Hospital

Decided January 23, 1979. John P. Cotter wrote the opinion for the court.

176 Conn. 485 · Cited 250 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.

• Diaz v. Eli Lilly & Co. · 302 N.E.2d 555
• Lockwood v. Wilson H. Lee Co. · 144 Conn. 155
• Hoekstra v. Helgeland · 98 N.W.2d 669
• Rodriguez v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. · 525 P.2d 669
• Millington v. Southeastern Elevator Co. · 22 N.Y.2d 498
• Montgomery v. Stephan · 101 N.W.2d 227
• Hopkins v. Blanco · 457 Pa. 90
• Thill v. Modern Erecting Co. · 284 Minn. 508
• Fitzgerald v. Meissner & Hicks, Inc. · 38 Wis. 2d 571
• Brown v. Kistleman · 177 Ind. 692
• Schreiner v. Fruit · 519 P.2d 462

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