Lambert v. Parrish’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 8 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “"As the appellant, the Reverend Lloyd Lambert, sat at his desk at work one February day in 1978, a man burst into his office and told him that the Reverend's wife, Dorothy, had been in a bad automobile accident at the end of the alley behind the office. Rev. Lambert ran from his office, and, as he headed up the alley, slipped on a patch of ice, injuring his back. "Claiming his injuries were proximately caused by the accident and his attempt to rescue his wife (the rescue doctrine) Rev. Lambert joined with Dorothy in suing Wayne Parrish, the driver of the other automobile involved in Dorothy's accident. The Lambert's four-count complaint alleged that, as a proximate result of Parrish's negligent operation of his automobile, Rev. Lambert and Dorothy had each suffered personal injury and loss of consortium and services. The trial court granted Parrish's motion for partial summary judgment on Count III, for Rev. Lambert's personal injuries, and on Count IV, for Dorothy's loss of consortium and services of her husband. After the trial court finalized its grant of partial summary judgment pursuant to Ind. Rules of Procedure, Trial Rule 56(C), the Lambert's (sic) brought this interlocu tory appeal, claiming the trial court erred in ruling as a matter of law that Rev. Lambert's injuries were not proximately caused by any negligence by Parrish."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lambert v. Parrish

2. ““[I]t appears the rescue doctrine applies where the tortious act of the defendant or his agent has created a ‘situation which invites rescue’ by endangering the safety of the victim of the tort, and a third person is injured in the course of attempting to rescue the victim.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Clem v. United States