Corso v. Merrill’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 40 district · 119 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 186 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently July 2021 · most notably Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company v. Buell (1987), Amodio v. Cunningham (1980)
16 federal appellate · 40 district · 119 state decisions — followed in 21 states
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 Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · Dillon v. Legg · 19 Cal. 3d 564 - Justus v. Atchison · 19 Cal. 3d 59 - Krouse v. Graham · 59 Cal. 2d 295 - Amaya v. Home Ice, Fuel & Supply 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 186 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 from others after its occurrence. (3) Whether plaintiff and the victim were closely related, as contrasted with an absence from relationship or the presence of only a distant relationship.’”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“In other words, the harm for which plaintiff seeks to recover [the physical consequences of emotional distress] must be susceptible to some form of objective medical determination and proved through qualified medical witnesses.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The risk reasonably to be perceived defines the duty to be obeyed.”
3 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.