20 Ill. App. 2d 173 - Foster v. Bilbruck’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 court instructs the jury that to constitute wilful or wanton misconduct on the part of the defendant, it is not necessary for the plaintiff to prove that the defendant deliberately intended to injure plaintiff, but it is sufficient if you believe from a preponderance of the evidence that the action was intentional on the part of the defendant or that the action of the defendant was committed under circumstances exhibiting a reckless disregard for the safety of others, such as a failure, after knowledge of the impending danger, to exercise ordinary care to prevent it or failure to discover the danger through recklessness or carelessness, when it could have been discovered by the exercise of ordinary care.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 31 Ill. App. 2d 51 - Cooper v. Cox

2. ““Photographs *** are not evidence in themselves, but are allowed for the purpose of enabling the jury to understand and apply the testimony. [Citation.] Photographs stand on the same footing as a diagram, map, plan or model, and a photograph is a legitimate mode of proving conditions ***.” Foster v. Bilbruck, 20 Ill. App. 2d 173, 183 (1959).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 406 Ill. App. 3d 566 - People v. Flores