Corbett v. Curtis’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 9 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The maxim of res ipsa loquitur, ‘the thing itself speaks,’ might, in practice, be translated, ‘the accident spells negligence.’ It does not dispense with the requirement that the one who alleges negligence must prove it. It is a rule of evidence that relates to the mode of proof. It is applicable, where there has been an unexplained accident, and the instrument that caused the injury was under the management or control of the defendant, and in the ordinary course of events the accident would not have happened if the defendant had used due care.” Stodder v. Coca-Cola Bottling Plants, Inc., 1946, 142 Me. 139, at 142 , 48 A.2d 622, at 624 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ginn v. Penobscot Company

2. ““Generally, one who is licensed to operate a motor vehicle, and who voluntarily accompanies a driver who has just received a learner’s permit for the purpose of teaching him to drive, assumes the risk of the learner’s inexperience and may not recover damages for personal injuries caused by the lack of skill or inexperience of the learner.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Chalmers v. Willis