Fisher v. Ford Motor Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 2 state decisions

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

1. “[T]he determination of whether a product is more dangerous than an ordinary person would expect is generally a question of fact which does not require expert testimony.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aldridge v. Reckart Equip. Co., Unpublished Decision (9-19-2006) · Thomas H. Hisrich, Administrator of the Estate of Diana Zhang v. Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. Volvo North America Corporation,defendants-Appellees

2. “[U]nder the consumer-expectation standard, evidence of unsafe, unexpected product performance is sufficient to infer the existence of a product defect.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Aldridge v. Reckart Equip. Co., Unpublished Decision (9-19-2006) · Tompkin v. Philip Morris USA, Inc.

3. “[a]nother way of phrasing [the consumer-expectation test] is that a product may be found defective in design if the plaintiff demonstrates that the product failed to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect when used in an intended or reasonably foreseeable manner.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Thomas H. Hisrich, Administrator of the Estate of Diana Zhang v. Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. Volvo North America Corporation,defendants-Appellees