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.
“[P]roximate cause in lawyer malpractice actions is `cause-in-fact.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[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 passagee.g. Bloomer v. Gibson“based on a record that is wholly inadequate to make this decision.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bloomer v. Gibson
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.