Evans v. Whirlpool Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The rule of general acceptance is that where an independent contractor undertakes to do work for another in the very doing of which there are elements of real or potential danger and one of such contractor’s employees is injured as an incident to the performance of the work, no liability for such injury ordinarily attaches to the one who engaged the services of the independent contractor. * * * ((* * * “Or, stating the matter a little differently, one who engages an independent contractor to do work for him ordinarily owes no duty of protection to the employees of such contractor, in connection with the execution of the work, who proceeds therewith knowing and appreciating that there is a condition of danger surrounding its performance.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 9 Ohio App. 3d 203 - Millhouse v. General Tire & Rubber Co. · Hirschbach v. Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co.

2. ““When the city accepted these waste materials from defendant with actual notice of their character, it undertook to dispose of them and thus became, as to the defendant, an independent contractor.” 10 Ohio St. 2d at 241 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. St. Julian v. Owens-Illinois, Inc.