Elmer S. Nelson and Mabel R. Nelson v. Thomas Brames and Marilyn C. Brames’s Empirical Analysis
241 F.2d 256 · 1957
Citation profile
21 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently August 1982 · most notably Millers' National Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Cross-Appellees v. The Wichita Flour Mills Company, and Cross-Appellant. The Wichita Flour Mills Company, and Cross-Appellant v. Millers' National Insurance Company, Chicago, Illinois, and Cross-Appellees (1958), State v. Lopez (1973)
21 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Francis v. Southern Pacific Co. · 66 Ga. App. 229 - Cone v. Davis · Lee Moor Contracting Co. v. Blanton · E. L. Farmer & Company, a Corporation v. Marshall W. Hooks and American Motorists Insurance Company · Francis v. Southern Pac. Co.
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * that the skidding itself is not ordinarily evidence of negligence, where it skids across the center line of the road to the left side thereof and collides with another; but the burden is upon the driver on the wrong side of the road to excuse or justify the violation of the law of the road. * * ” (Emphasis supplied.)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““ * * * there is no actionable negligence where, without fault of the driver, a vehicle skids across the center line of a highway and collides with an approaching vehicle * * * ”,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“which jurors of normal experience and qualifications as laymen would not be able to decide on a solid basis”
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.