Durden v. Hydro Flame Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
4 district · 20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Vandermark v. Ford Motor Co. · Brandenburger v. Toyota Motor Sales, U. S. A., Inc. · Stratemeyer v. Lincoln County · State Ex Rel. Deere & Co. v. District Court of the Fifth Judicial District · 12 Ariz. App. 32 - Lechuga, Inc. v. Montgomery
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The law favors compromises. This is especially true in tort actions, not only because they relieve the labors of courts, and avoid expense, but also because, where the parties agree between themselves upon a settlement of the claim, the result reached is frequently a more equitable adjustment than is possible to be had in a court of law.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Richardson v. State
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.