Wilson v. Workman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 1 district · 9 state decisions

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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““ ‘The purpose of the statute is to protect one who, generously, without accruing benefit, has transported another in his vehicle.' It would run counter to this policy to read the statute to include the decedent. The evidence shows .that defendant requested the privilege of driving the car. Decedent acquiesced. There is no proof or inference that by permitting defendant to drive, decedent obtained any desired benefit. Conversely, defendant continued to receive transportation at no cost with the added benefit of satisfying his desire to drive. If the statute should be construed to limit decedent’s right to recover, as defendant urges, its purpose to protect one who generously provides another with transportation will be frustrated.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Peterson v. Winn · Coons v. Lawlor

2. “But a guest statute is no final answer to collusion. It is still possible for the dishonest to fabricate evidence to support the higher degree of fault required by the statute. 2 Harper & James, Torts 961 (1956). Moreover, there is another purpose which has been ascribed to the guest statute. Engle v. Poland, supra, 8 Terry [365] at page 328, 91 A.2d [326] at page 328, states: “The purpose of the statute is to protect one who, generously, without accruing benefit, has transported another in his vehicle.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Degenstein Ex Rel. Degenstein v. Ehrman