199 Mich. App. 5 - Thompson v. Fitzpatrick’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
2
states following
June 2004
most recently cited
6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“intended by the Legislature to protect plaintiffs against drastic reduction in damage awards.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.