131 Pa. Commw. 488 - Commonwealth v. Bendas’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
November 1994
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Mascaro v. Youth Study Center · Snyder v. Harmon · Mindala v. American Motors Corp. · Unionville-Chadds Ford School District v. Rotteveel · Wyke v. Ward
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(b) Acts which may impose liability — The following acts by a Commonwealth party may result in the imposition of liability on the Commonwealth and the defense of sovereign immunity shall not be raised to claim for damages caused by: “(4) Commonwealth real estate, highways and sidewalks — A dangerous condition of Commonwealth agency real estate and sidewalks ... and highways under jurisdiction of a Commonwealth agency....” 42 Pa.C.S. §8522(b)(4). (emphasis added)”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Runkle v. PennDot
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.