Walker v. Rinck’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 31 Cal. 3d 220 - Turpin v. Sortini · 67 Ill. 2d 348 - Renslow v. Mennonite Hospital · 98 Wash. 2d 460 - Harbeson v. Parke-Davis, Inc. · Schroeder v. Perkel
Most-quoted passages
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“Applying traditional concepts of duty to this case, it is clear that the defendants knew or should have known of the risk occasioned by the failure to administer RhoGAM to [the' Rh-negative mother]. It is equally clear that [the mother’s] later-born children are those who might reasonably be foreseen as being subject to injury by breach of the duty; indeed, the drug which should have been administered to [the mother] was specifically designed to reduce the risk of injury suffered by children in this situation. The defendants also maintained the requisite relationship with the children which gives rise to the duty. The defendants rendered medical service to [the mother], of the plaintiffs. Considering traditional notions of negligence law, the defendants owed a duty of reasonable care to the Walker children.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
How this case has been treated — in progress
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