234 Ill. App. 3d 978 - Dinkins v. Ebbersten’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 136 Ill. 2d 132 - Ward v. K Mart Corp. · 117 Ill. 2d 507 - Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center · 56 Ill. 2d 372 - Cunis v. Brennan · 62 Ill. 2d 456 - Genaust v. Illinois Power Co. · 141 Ill. 2d 430 - Deibert v. Bauer Bros. Const. Co., Inc.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In determining the scope of defendant’s duty, the focus is on the defendant. (Ward, 136 Ill. 2d at 148, 554 N.E.2d at 230.) ‘The scope of defendant’s duty is not defined by reference to plaintiff’s negligence or lack thereof. The focus must be on defendant. A major concern is whether defendant could reasonably have foreseen injury to plaintiff.’ (Emphasis in original.) (Ward, 136 Ill. 2d at 148, 554 N.E.2d at 230, citing Cunis v. Brennan (1974), 56 Ill. 2d 372 , 308 N.E.2d 617 .) However, ‘[t]he creation of a legal duty requires more than a mere possibility of occurrence.’ Cunis, 56 Ill. 2d at 376 , 308 N.E.2d at 619 .” Dinkins v. Ebbersten (1992), 234 Ill. App. 3d 978, 985 , 600 N.E.2d 873, 877 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.