Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Levy’s Empirical Analysis
1960
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
August 1989
most recently cited
4 state decisions
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.
“a proper construction of the clause of indemnification requires... [Perkins] to meet the fair expense of counsel fees reasonably incurred and not necessarily the amount which [Western Surety] unilaterally agreed to or did pay to its lawyer.”
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.