Lenoci v. Leonard’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 47 Cal. 3d 278 - Nally v. Grace Community Church · Langle v. Kurkul · Mikell v. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE UNIT NO. 33 · Peck v. Counseling Service of Addison County, Inc. · Kellermann v. McDonough
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Generally speaking, voluntary suicide is viewed as an independent intervening act that breaks the causal chain and severs potential liability.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Cotten v. Wilson
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.