175 So. 2d 418 - Evans v. Thorpe’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
32 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 32 later decisions — most recently January 1986 · most notably 192 So. 2d 241 - Taylor v. Genuine Parts Company (1967), 317 So. 2d 7 - Morgan v. Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Company (1975)
32 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 Jackson v. Cook · Rottman v. Beverly · Washington Fire & Marine Insurance v. Firemen's Insurance · Johnson v. Wilson · Burns v. Evans Cooperage 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The last-clear-chance doctrine is a humanitarian doctrine of discovered peril based on the principle that no one having an opportunity to avoid injury to another, after becoming aware of such person's perilous position, or by the exercise of due diligence could and should have become aware thereof, may negligently injure him though he is at fault. Stated as to motorists, the rule is that, where a motorist sees or, by the exercise of due diligence, could and should have seen a person in a position of peril, of which such person is not aware or is unable to extricate himself, the duty devolves upon the motorist to use every possible available means to avert injury, notwithstanding the negligence of such person; and, if the motorist fails to perform such duty, the last-clear-chance doctrine applies, even though the person's negligence continues to the moment of the occurrence of the accident. Jackson v. Cook, supra [ 189 La. 860 , 181 So. 195 ]."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““A motorist operating an automobile approaching another motor vehicle from the rear, while both vehicles are traveling in the same direction, is under a duty to exercise great care, sometimes referred to as extraordinary care.” (Citations omitted)”
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.