165 W. Va. 415 - Reed v. Smith Lumber Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 148 W. Va. 160 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 164 W. Va. 241 - Masinter v. Webco Co. · 158 W. Va. 741 - Long v. City of Weirton · 148 W. Va. 380 - Hatten v. Mason Realty Company · 1 E.H. Smith 529 - Schmeer v. . Gas Light Co.
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The gas company, as a distributor of a dangerous substance, has a duty to the public to exercise care and diligence proportionate to any danger, which is known or should be known to the utility. This duty includes ‘inspection, oversight and superintendence.’ Groff v. Charleston-Dunbar Natural Gas Co., 110 W.Va. 54 , 156 S.E. 881, 882 (1931). “Other states recognize the dangerous character of natural gas and the correlative duty of utility companies that furnish it ...." We proceeded to cite numerous cases recognizing the heightened duty of utilities that supply gas to consumers.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is clear from our precedents and those of other states that if a gas company has notice of defects in gas lines, pipes or customers’ appliances, that are dangerous to human health and safety, it has a duty to repair the defects or shut off the gas until repairs are made.... We have not held gas companies strictly liable.”
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.