Overton v. Purvis’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 2015
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Hairston v. Alexander Tank & Equipment Co. · Exum v. Boyles · 132 N.C. App. 347 - Washington v. Horton · Clodfelter v. Carroll · 137 N.C. App. 461 - Long v. Harris
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A negligent plaintiff who is unable to avoid the harm placing [him] in helpless peril immediately before the accident which results in [his] injury may recover against a defendant who has the means and ability to avoid the accident but fails to do so.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.