156 N.C. App. 192 - Ellis v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
December 2016
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Taylor v. Walker · 101 N.C. App. 462 - Snead v. Holloman · Jones v. Schaffer · Newton v. New Hanover County Board of Education · Jackson Ex Rel. Jackson v. McBride
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Two elements, at least, are necessary to constitute contributory negligence: (1) a want of due care on the part of the plaintiff; and (2) a proximate connection between the plaintiff's negligence and the injury.... There must be not only negligence on the part of the plaintiff, but contributory negligence, a real causal connection between the plaintiff's negligent act and the injury, or it is no defense to the action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“This is a high standard for the moving party, requiring a denial of the motion if there is more than a scintilla of evidence to support the non-movant's prima facie case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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