242 N.C. App. 82 - McCauley v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “An act is wanton when it is done of wicked purpose or when done needlessly, manifesting a reckless indifference to the rights of others. An act is wilful when there exists a deliberate purpose not to discharge some duty necessary to the safety of the person or property of another, a duty assumed by contract or imposed by law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brubach v. Peterson

2. “In the area of motor vehicle negligence, ... the gross negligence issue has been confined to circumstances where ... (1) [the person] is intoxicated; (2) [the person] is driving at excessive speeds; or (3) [the person] is engaged in a racing competition[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brubach v. Peterson

3. “Only gross contributory negligence by a plaintiff precludes recovery by the plaintiff from a defendant who was grossly negligent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brubach v. Peterson