Littleton v. Good Samaritan Hospital & Health Center

Decided October 12, 1988. Andrew Douglas wrote the opinion for the court.

39 Ohio St. 3d 86 · Cited 176 times

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• Tarasoff v. Regents of University of California · 551 P.2d 334
• Bruni v. Tatsumi · 46 Ohio St. 2d 127
• Schrempf v. State · 66 N.Y.2d 289
• Cooper v. Roose · 85 N.E.2d 545
• Larrissey v. Norwalk Truck Lines, Inc. · 98 N.E.2d 419
• Baier v. Cleveland Ry. Co. · 8 N.E.2d 1
• Menifee v. Ohio Welding Products, Inc. · 15 Ohio St. 3d 75
• People v. Burnick · 535 P.2d 352
• Hill v. Sonitrol of Southwestern Ohio, Inc. · 36 Ohio St. 3d 36
• Mitchell v. Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co. · 30 Ohio St. 3d 92
• O'Shea v. United States · 623 F. Supp. 380
• Hammonds v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Company · 243 F. Supp. 793
• People of the Living God v. Star Towing Co. · 289 F. Supp. 635
• Currie v. United States · 644 F. Supp. 1074
• Johnson v. United States · 409 F. Supp. 1283
• Gowan, Conservator for Gowan v. United States · 601 F. Supp. 1297

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