Schnell v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 1983
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Most-quoted passages
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“Two other riders in the same party had passed the hole without difficulty and one who had apparently been riding in about the same position as Mrs. Schnell had noticed the hole and avoided it. We can only conclude that had Claimant been reasonably alert and observant she could have avoided this unfortunate incident. Schnell v. State of Illinois, 24 Ill.Ct.Cl. 257, 260.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Scofield v. State
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