2 Ill. App. 3d 185 - Scully v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1971
Citation profile
3 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 44 later decisions — most recently July 2016 · most notably Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago Illinois on May 25 1979 American Airlines Inc (1983), In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois, on May 25, 1979 (1981)
3 federal appellate · 38 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 37 Ill. 2d 494 - Pedrick v. Peoria & Eastern Railroad · 22 Ill. 2d 73 - Knierim v. Izzo · 38 Ill. 2d 223 - Hux v. Raben · 33 Ill. 2d 316 - Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · 17 Ill. 2d 287 - The People v. Lobb
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 44 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Special interrogatories are used to test the general verdict against the jury’s conclusions concerning the ultimate controlling facts. [Citations.] When a special interrogatory is in proper form, the trial court has no discretion but to submit it to the jury. [Citation..] However, the special interrogatory must relate to an ultimate issue of fact. [Citation.] While Otis’ special interrogatory was couched in the language of the Act, it did not relate to an ultimate issue of fact, because a negative answer would not be determinative of whether Otis was in charge within the meaning and intent of the Structural Work Act as defined by case law. Therefore, the special interrogatory could not have tested the general verdict and the trial court properly refused to submit it to the jury.” Scully v. Otis Elevator Co. (1971), 2 Ill. App. 3d 185, 194-95 , 275 N.E.2d 905, 911 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““With respect to the personal services decedent rendered his family, the evidence reveals that he did all the plumbing and helped the electrician and heating contractor. He did the painting, decorating, and landscaping. After completion of the home, he built a recreation room. Decedent spent most of his non-working hours at home. The family did everything together such as going on picnics and visiting friends. He took John to Mass and almost every place he would go to visit and do chores. He helped the children at bedtime and taught them their evening prayers. He also did all the repair work around the home.” ( 2 Ill. App. 3d at 200-01 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority““Special interrogatories are used to test the general verdict against the jury's conclusions concerning the ultimate controlling facts. (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1969, ch. 110, par. 65; Mathias v. Baltimore & O. R. Co., 93 Ill.App.2d 258 .) When a special interrogatory is in proper form, the trial court has no discretion but to submit it to the jury. (Pushauer v. Demers, 86 Ill.App.2d 251 .)””
1 later decision 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.