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1997

Citation profile

48
cited by 48 later decisions
1
states following
April 2023
most recently cited

48 state decisions

How this case has been cited

Cited by 48 later decisions — most recently April 2023 · most notably Church v. Fleishour Homes, Inc. (2007), 181 Ohio App. 3d 13 - Frano v. Red Robin International, Inc. (2009)

48 state decisions

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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 Dresher v. Burt · Temple v. Wean United, Inc. · Harless v. Willis Day Warehousing Co. · Mitseff v. Wheeler · 59 Ohio St. 3d 108 - Wing v. Anchor Media, Ltd.

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 48 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “The existence of a duty is fundamental to establishing actionable negligence, without which there is no legal liability.”
    7 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “Contracts are to be construed so as to give effect to the intent of the parties, and that intent is presumed as a matter of law to be fully revealed in the language the parties choose to incorporate into the agreement. * * * If the terms of a contract are clear and unambiguous, then its interpretation is a matter of law, and there is no issue of fact to be determined. * * * However, if a term cannot be determined from the four corners of the document, factual determination of intent may be necessary to supply the missing term.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  3. “The existence of a duty in a negligence action is a question of law for the court, and there is no express formula for determining whether or not a duty exists.”
    2 later decisions 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.