State v. Eaton’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 34 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently November 2013 · most notably Clohessy v. Bachelor (1996), Chowdhry v. NLVH, INC. (1993)
3 federal appellate · 9 district · 34 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dillon v. Legg · Sinn v. Burd · Paugh v. Hanks · Portee v. Jaffee · 98 Ill. 2d 546 - Rickey v. Chicago Transit Authority
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) Whether plaintiff was located near the scene of the accident as contrasted with one who was a distance away from it. (2) Whether the shock resulted from a direct emotional impact upon plaintiff from the sensory and contemporaneous observance of the accident, as contrasted with learning of the accident from others after its occurrence. (3) Whether plaintiff and the victim were closely related, as contrasted with an absence of any relationship or the presence of only a distant relationship.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“NRS § 41.031 Waiver of immunity from liability and action; actions; State of Nevada as defendant; service of process. 1. The State of Nevada hereby waives its immunity from liability and action and hereby consents to have its liability determined in accordance with the same rules of law as are applied to civil actions against natural persons and corporations, except as otherwise provided in NRS 41.-032 to 41.038 ... NRS § 41.035 Limitation on award for damages in tort actions. 1. An award for damages in an action sounding in tort brought under NRS 41.-031 or against a present or former officer or employee of the state or any political subdivision, immune contractor or any state legislator arising out of an act or omission within the scope of his public duties or employment may not exceed the sum of $50,000, exclusive of interest computed from the date of judgment, to or for the benefit of any claimant. An award may not include any amount as exemplary or punitive damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he [Dillon] court held that liability could be circumscribed in these cases, as in all tort cases, by the application of the general principles of negligence. [ 69 Cal.Rptr. 72 ] 441 P.2d at 924 . The trial courts could determine whether the accident and the harm to the bystander was reasonably foreseeable and "thus mark out areas of liability, excluding the remote and unexpected." [ 69 Cal.Rptr. 72 ] 441 P.2d at 921 . We agree with the reasoning of the California court. We "see no good reason why the general rules of tort law, including the concepts of negligence, proximate cause, and foreseeability, long applied to all other types of injury, should not govern the case now before us." [ 69 Cal.Rptr. 72 ] 441 P.2d at 924 .... See also II Harper and James Sec. 18.4, p. 1039 ("mechanical rules of thumb which are at variance with these [general] principles [of tort law] do more harm than good.")”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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