Wright v. Coe & Anderson, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
80 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 82 later decisions — most recently April 2005 · most notably Gauvin v. City of New Haven (1982), Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. (1972)
80 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 Glidden Company v. Zdanok Et Al. · Kaplan v. Merberg Wrecking Corporation · Kasowitz v. Mutual Construction Co. · State v. Grimes · Antonofsky v. Goldberg
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 82 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“general rule [was] that where the owner of the premises employs an independent contractor to perform work upon [the premises], CT Page 5163-PPPP the contractor, and not the owner, is liable for any losses resulting from negligence in the performance of the work until such time as it has been completed, turned over to and accepted by the owner.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“honest and reasonable men could fairly reach different conclusions on the question,”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“In all cases of any material variance between allegation and proof, an amendment may be permitted at any stage of the trial. If such allegation was made without reasonable excuse, or if the adverse party was actually misled thereby to his or her prejudice in maintaining the action or defense upon the merits, or if such amendment requires postponement of the trial or additional expense to the adverse party and this is shown to the satisfaction of the judicial authority, such amendment shall be made only upon payment of costs or upon such terms as the judicial authority may deem proper; but in any other case, without costs. Immaterial variances shall be wholly disregarded.”
1 later decision 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.