Markey v. Santangelo’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10 federal appellate · 8 district · 236 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 254 later decisions — most recently October 2024 · most notably Mingachos v. CBS, Inc. (1985), Suarez v. Dickmont Plastics Corp. (1994)
10 federal appellate · 8 district · 236 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 Collens v. New Canaan Water Co. · Triangle Sheet Metal Works, Inc. v. Silver · Bordonaro v. Senk · Manning v. Michael · Storm Associates, Inc. v. Baumgold
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 254 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[Its] characteristic element is the design to injure either actually entertained or to be implied from the conduct and circumstances. Sharkey v. Skilton , 83 Conn. 503 , 507-508 , 77 A. 950 (1910). The intentional injury aspect may be satisfied if the resultant bodily harm was the direct and natural consequence of the intended act. Alteiri v. Colasso , 168 Conn. 329 , 334 , 362 A.2d 798 (1975). Markey v. Santangelo , 195 Conn. 76 , 77-78 , 485 A.2d 1305 (1985).”
19 later decisions quote this exact passage“To furnish a basis for recovery of such damages, the pleadings must allege and the evidence must show wanton or wilful malicious misconduct, and the language contained in the pleadings must be sufficiently explicit to inform the court and opposing counsel that such damages are being sought.”
17 later decisions quote this exact passage“Not only the action producing the injury but the resulting injury must be intentional”
8 later decisions 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.