Gilbert v. Trotter’s Empirical Analysis
1935
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
October 1989
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Duffy v. Hickey · Cusimano v. A. S. Spiess Sales Co. · Winston v. Foster
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.
“"... even though a servant may have turned aside from the master's business, yet the liability of the master reattaches as soon as the servant reassumes the business of his master. And the authorities hold that, when the servant, having completed the purpose for which he turned aside, is returning to resume his duties, he is, whilst so returning, engaged in the business of his master."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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