Smith v. Whitaker’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
10 district · 55 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · Lightning Lube, Inc. v. Witco Corp. · Gennari v. Weichert Co. Realtors · 97 Wis. 2d 260 - Wangen v. Ford Motor Co. · Nappe v. Anschelewitz, Barr, Ansell & Bonello
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 72 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“they serve different purposes and are designed to provide a remedy to different parties.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“`The fundamental purpose of the wrongful death action is to compensate survivors for the pecuniary losses they suffer because of the tortious conduct of others.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“any personal cause of action that decedent would have had if he or she had survived.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.