139 Ohio App. 3d 231 - Helman v. Epl Prolong, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 110 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 146 later decisions — most recently March 2026 · most notably 151 Ohio App. 3d 16 - Allied Erecting & Dismantling Co. v. City of Youngstown (2002), 149 Ohio App. 3d 301 - Ferraro v. B.F. Goodrich Company (2002)
5 federal appellate · 2 district · 110 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 Foman v. Davis · O'Brien v. University Community Tenants Union, Inc. · Mitchell v. Lawson Milk Co. · Huffman v. Hair Surgeon, Inc. · State Ex Rel. Hanson v. Guernsey County Board of Commissioners
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 146 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`a trial court's primary consideration is whether there is actual prejudice to the defendants because of the delay.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“... •. Furthermore, in the context of ¿ statute-of-limitations defense, a plaintiff must show either “an affirmative- statement that the statutory period to bring an action was larger than it actually was” or “promises to make a better settlement of the claim if plaintiff did not bring the threatened suit” or “similar representations or conduct” on defendant’s part. Cerney v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., 104 Ohio App.3d 482, 488 , 662 N.E.2d 827 (Ohio [Ct.App.]1995); see also Walworth v. BP Oil Co., 112 Ohio App.3d 340 , 678 N.E.2d 959 (Ohio [Ct. App.]1996).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“motions to amend pleadings pursuant to Civ. R. 15(A) should be refused if there is a showing of bad faith, undue delay, or undue prejudice to the opposing party.”
3 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.