147 W. Va. 313 - Burdette v. Burdette’s Empirical Analysis

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7 federal appellate · 37 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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The owner or the occupant of premises owes to an invited person the duty to exercise ordinary care to keep and maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition.” Point 2 Syllabus, Burdette v. Burdette, 147 W.Va. 313 [ 127 S.E.2d 249 ].”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 193 W. Va. 301 - McMillion v. Selman · Hamilton v. Brown

2. ““The duty to keep premises safe for invitees applies only to defects or conditions which are in the nature of hidden dangers, traps, snares, pitfalls, and the like, in that they are not known to the invitee, and would not be observed by him in the exercise of ordinary care. The invitee assumes all normal, obvious, or ordinary risks attendant on the use of the premises, and the owner or occupant is under no duty to reconstruct or alter the premises so as to obviate known and obvious dangers.... There is no liability for injuries from dangers that are obvious, reasonably apparent, or as well known to the person injured as they are to the owner or occupant.””

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Helmick v. Martin · 191 W. Va. 179 - McDonald v. University of West Virginia Board of Trustees

3. ““A person is an invitee when for purposes connected with the business conducted on the premises he enters or uses a place of business.” Point 1 Syllabus, Burdette v. Burdette, 147 W.Va. 313 [ 127 S.E.2d 249 ],”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamilton v. Brown · 195 W. Va. 94 - Cavender v. Fouty