Sherman v. McDermott’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
6 federal appellate · 20 district · 45 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 76 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 2019 · most notably Smith v. Wade (1983), Davet v. Maccarone (1992)
6 federal appellate · 20 district · 45 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 Martin v. Estrella · Jackowitz v. Deslauriers · Joseph Hagan v. Providence and Worcester R. R. Co. · Hargraves v. Ballou · Adams v. Lorraine Manufacturing Co.
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 76 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“one seeking punitive damages must produce 'evidence of such willfulness, recklessness or wickedness, on the part of the party at fault, as amount[s] to criminality, which for the good of society and warning to the individual, ought to be punished.'”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage““The case [Novell did not hold that proof of ability to pay the sum requested was a condition precedent to the court’s holding that the case was a proper one for punitive damages, but only that on defendant’s representation of an inability to pay, the court would reduce the award accordingly.” Id. 114 R.I. at 110 , 329 A.2d at 197 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““[wjhether [the] facts are adequate to support an award of punitive damages is a question of law for the court to decide * * * [and] is left to the discretion of the trier of fact.””
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.