Thomas v. Bickler’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seider v. O'CONNELL · Bielski v. Schulze · 103 Wis. 2d 56 - Kranzush v. Badger State Mutual Casualty Co. · 96 Wis. 2d 314 - Wisconsin Natural Gas Co. v. Ford, Bacon & Davis Construction Corp. · Walker v. Kroger Grocery & Baking Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The 1995 amendment to Wis. Stat. § 895.045 . . . modified the common-law doctrine of joint and several liability. Under Wis. Stat. § 895.045 (1), a joint tortfeasor cannot be jointly and severally liable unless he or she is found to be 51% or more causally negligent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“whether the 1995 amendment to the comparative negligence statute, Wis. Stat. § 895.045 (1) applies to strict product liability actions.”
1 later decision 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.