Davis v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
January 1977
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Temple v. Ellington · Carroll v. Miller · Hackley v. Robey · New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk Railroad v. Thomas · Outlaw v. Pearce
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(1) Whether the collision occurred in the manner detailed by Webb and his witness, or in the manner described by Davis and his witnesses, was peculiarly a question for the jury under proper instructions. If the jury had adopted the Webb version, then clearly the collision was due to the negligence of Davis in driving onto the highway in front of the Webb car, when he (Davis) knew, or should have known, that it was too near for him to do so safely.” (Davis v. Webb, 189 Va. 80, 84 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Davis v. Webb
How this case has been treated — in progress
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