Chodorov v. Eley’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 13 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[I]t is rarely permissible to give an unavoidable accident instruction in automobile accident cases .... This follows because we have recognized that few automobile accidents occur without fault [and] we have recognized that such an instruction is apt to give a jury “an easy way of avoiding instead of deciding the issue made by the evidence.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Hancock-Underwood v. Knight · Gardner v. Phipps

2. “'not an unexpected or unforeseen occurrence as contemplated by the sudden emergency doctrine.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stanley v. W Stanley · Frank J. Stanley, Jr. v. Shawn W. Stanley v. Schneider National Carriers, Incorporated, and Schneider National, Incorporated Schneider National Leasing, Incorporated

3. “sudden, unexpected, and unforeseen occurrence or happening that calls for immediate action.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Stanley v. W Stanley · Frank J. Stanley, Jr. v. Shawn W. Stanley v. Schneider National Carriers, Incorporated, and Schneider National, Incorporated Schneider National Leasing, Incorporated