Pierce v. Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital Ass'n

Decided September 1, 1953. Matthew W. Hill wrote the opinion for the court.

260 P.2d 765 · Cited 113 times

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• Haynes v. Presbyterian Hospital Ass'n · 45 N.W.2d 151
• Mississippi Baptist Hospital v. Holmes · 56 So. 2d 709
• Miller v. Mohr · 89 P.2d 807
• Weiss v. Swedish Hospital · 133 P.2d 978
• Ray v. Tucson Medical Center · 230 P.2d 220
• Foster v. Roman Catholic Diocese · 70 A.2d 230
• Borst v. Borst · 251 P.2d 149
• Silva v. Providence Hospital of Oakland · 14 Cal. 2d 762
• Rickbeil v. Grafton Deaconess Hospital · 23 N.W.2d 247
• Hagerman v. City of Seattle · 66 P.2d 1152
• Andrews v. Y.M.C.A. · 284 N.W. 186
• Sheehan v. North Country Community Hospital · 7 N.E.2d 28
• Dille v. St. Luke's Hospital · 196 S.W.2d 615
• Roman Catholic Church, Diocese of Tucson v. Keenan · 243 P.2d 455
• Canney v. Sisters of Charity · 130 P.2d 899
• Clampett v. Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence · 136 P.2d 729
• Woods v. Lancet · 303 N.Y. 349
• Hutton v. Martin · 252 P.2d 581
• Welch v. Frisbie Memorial Hospital · 9 A.2d 761
• Jankelson v. Sisters of Charity of the House of Providence · 136 P.2d 720
• Heckman v. Sisters of Charity Etc. · 106 P.2d 593
• State Ex Rel. Paschall v. Scott · 247 P.2d 543

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