Cockerham v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis
1959
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1975
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Ozan Lumber Co. v. Bryan · Willbanks v. Laster · Ward Furniture Manufacturing Co. v. Mouncen
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is settled, however, that the fellow servant rule does not relieve the master from liability if his own negligence is a contributing cause of the injury. Shearman & Redfield on Negligence (Rev. Ed.), § 196. ... Even though Barnes had helped to install this system the jury was not compelled to conclude that he should have realized that to stand in front of the plugged lateral was somewhat like standing-before a loaded cannon. * * * It was for the jury to say whether the defendant was guilty of negligence that was a proximate cause of the injury.””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Hudgins v. Maze
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.