Thibodeau v. Vandermark’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
January 2009
most recently cited
1 federal appellate · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 150 W. Va. 179 - Poe v. Pittman · Jordan v. Jordan · Cowles v. Zahn · Gaines v. Campbell · Monk v. Hess
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.
“if reasonable persons could not disagree on the facts and inferences which may be drawn therefrom, the question whether a party's negligence creates a sudden emergency becomes a matter for decision by the court.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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