Holman v. Uglow’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

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

1. ““A person engaged in repairing or assisting the movement of a vehicle on the highway is required to exercise only that degree of care which ordinarily prudent persons would use under the same or similar circumstances to avoid injury. He is not bound to anticipate negligence on the part of the operators of approaching vehicles, and, in the absence of circumstances which would afford notice to the contrary, he may rely to some extent on the belief that the operators of motor vehicles will exercise ordinary care and will observe the rules of the road so as to avoid injuring him. Accordingly, he need not continuously watch for approaching vehicles where the nature of the work in which he is engaged requires his attention.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williamson Truck Lines, Inc. v. Benjamin