Doe v. Alsaud’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district ·

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

1. “To state claim for respondeat superior, a plaintiff must plead facts showing, among other things, that the tortious conduct causing the injury was undertaken within the scope of the employee's duties to the employer and was thus in furtherance of the employer's interests.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chau v. Donovan · Rosenfeld v. Lenich

2. “[a doctor employee] stood idly by and watched an inmate with a severe and bleeding head injury be maliciously beaten by a correction officer ... does not show that [the doctor] was predisposed to breaching any duty to provide medical care”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Rosenfeld v. Lenich

3. “An employer will not be held liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior for actions which were not taken in furtherance of the employer's interest and which were undertaken by the employee for wholly personal motives.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Chau v. Donovan