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← 2003 VT 10 - Roberts v. Chimileski

Roberts v. Chimileski’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

24
cited by 24 later decisions
3
states following
October 2017
most recently cited

24 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Conklin v. Weisman · Estate of Fleming v. Nicholson · LaFaso v. LaFaso · First Nat. Bank of Clovis v. Diane, Inc. · Brown v. Kelly

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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “[P]roximate cause in lawyer malpractice actions is `cause-in-fact.'”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage
  2. “[L]egal malpractice action is at base a negligence action: plaintiff must prove that the attorney was in fact negligent and that this negligence was the proximate cause of plaintiff's injury.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “based on a record that is wholly inadequate to make this decision.”
    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.