234 Ga. App. 384 - Thomas v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
August 2002
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Westview Cemetery, Inc. v. Blanchard · OB-Gyn Associates of Albany v. Littleton · Ryckeley v. Callaway · Augusta & Summerville Railroad v. Randall & Wife · Smith v. Overby
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Judge Beasley's special concurrence was cited with approval by our Supreme Court in OB-GYN Assoc. of Albany v. Littleton , 259 Ga. [at 668, 386 S.E.2d 146 , supra], ( Littleton II ), "(w)e are in agreement with Judge Beasley's reasoning in her concurring opinion in this case."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“where the physical injuries to the mother are separate from the injuries to the child, it is appropriate that the mother not be able to recover for her emotional distress resulting from injuries to the child.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Georgia long ago recognized that a mother could recover for mental pain and suffering (nervous shock, fright) related to injury to her child when she herself is also a physical victim of the tort.”
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.