Coleman v. Eddy Potash, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 8 district · 75 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 87 later decisions — most recently October 2019 · most notably Herrera Ex Rel. Estate of Ruiz v. Quality Pontiac (2003), Delgado v. Phelps Dodge Chino, Inc. (2001)
2 federal appellate · 8 district · 75 state decisions — followed in 19 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 484 So. 2d 6 - Florida Bar v. Goodman · Smith v. Howard Johnson Co. · Schmitz v. Smentowski · 149 Ill. 2d 302 - Rodgers v. St. Mary's Hosp. of Decatur · Smith v. Superior Court
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 87 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The existence of a potential lawsuit; (2) The defendant’s knowledge of the potential lawsuit; (3) The destruction, mutilation, or significant alteration of potential evidence; (4) Intent on part of the defendant to disrupt or defeat the lawsuit; (5) A causal relationship between the act of spoliation and the inability to prove the lawsuit; and (6) Damages.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“[Ilntentional destruction of potential evidence in order to disrupt or defeat another person's right of recovery is highly improper and cannot be justified.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The right to the compensation provided for in this act, in lieu of any other liability whatsoever, to any and all persons whomsoever, for any personal injury accidentally sustained or death resulting therefrom, shall obtain in all cases where the following conditions occur: A.at the time of the accident, the employer has complied with the provisions thereof regarding insurance; B. at the time of the accident, the employee is performing service arising out of and in the course of his employment; and C. the injury or death is proximately caused by accident arising out of and in the course of his employment and is not intentionally self-inflicted.”
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.