2005 Pa. Super. 302 - Summers v. Certainteed Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Simmons v. Pacor, Inc. · 429 Pa. Super. 327 - Giffear v. Johns-Manville Corp. · Lonasco v. A-Best Products Co. · 446 Pa. Super. 174 - Taylor v. Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp. · 2004 Pa. Super. 1 - Cauthorn v. Owens Corning Fiberglas Corp.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Each and every exposure to asbestos has been a substantial contributing factor to the abnormalities noted.” However, suppose an expert said that if one took a bucket of water and dumped it in the ocean, that was a”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“each and every exposure to asbestos has been a substantial contributing factor to the abnormalities noted.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“just because a hired expert makes a legal conclusion does not mean that a trial judge has to adopt it if it is not supported by the record and is devoid of common sense.”
2 later decisions 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.