Broome v. Byrd’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Van Arsdale v. Hollinger · 24 Cal. 3d 502 - Aceves v. Regal Pale Brewing Co. · Calkins v. Cox Estates · Bober v. New Mexico State Fair · Mayer v. FAIRLAWN JEWISH CENTER AND RANDALL CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A possessor of land who entrusts to an independent contractor construction, repair, or other work on the land, or on a building or other structure upon it, is subject to the same liability as though he had retained the work in his own hands to others on or outside of the land for physical harm caused to them by the unsafe condition of the structure . . . [if he has possession of the land while the work is being completed, or] after he has resumed possession of the land upon its completion.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[A]n employer of an independent contractor, unless he is himself negligent, is not liable for physical harm caused by any negligence of the contractor if (a) the contractor’s negligence consists solely in the improper manner in which he does the work, and (b) it creates a risk of such harm which is not inherent in or normal to the work, and (c) the employer had no reason to contemplate the contractor’s negligence when the contract was made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.