Lingefelt v. Hanner’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently September 1992 · most notably 354 So. 2d 54 - Vining v. Avis Rent-A-Car Systems, Inc. (1977), 339 So. 2d 175 - Nicholas v. Miami Burglar Alarm Co., Inc. (1976)
23 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 Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 2 Ill. 2d 74 - Ney v. Yellow Cab Co. · Ross v. Hartman · Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. Anderson · Schaff v. R. W. Claxton, Inc.
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The majority view as expressed by these courts holds that a wilful, malicious, or criminal act as a general rule breaks the chain of causation. Lack of foreseeability appears to be the basis for this conclusion. We believe it is grounded in reason and logic, and align ourselves with this view. The act of appellee in negligently leaving the ignition switch of his automobile unlocked may have been the proximate cause of the unauthorized taking, but the appellants' injuries were due solely to the negligent operation, by an unauthorized person, of appellee's automobile."”
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.