244 Ga. App. 506 - Hoffman v. Fletcher’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “a willful misrepresentation, i.e., the seller tells a lie; upon active concealment where the seller does not discuss the defect but takes steps to prevent its discovery by the purchaser; and thirdly a passive concealment where the seller does nothing to prevent the discovery but simply keeps quiet about a defect which[,] though not readily discernible, is known to the seller.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 169 F. Supp. 3d 1365 - Spies v. Deloach Brokerage, Inc.

2. ““ ‘places upon the seller or agent a duty to disclose in situations where he or she has special knowledge not apparent to the buyer and is aware that the buyer is acting under a misapprehension as to facts which would be important to the buyer and would probably affect its decision.’” Stebbins I, 766 A.2d at 373 (quoting Hoffman, 535 S.E.2d at 851 ). (Emphasis added.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Stebbins v. Wells

3. “file any request that the trial court defer its ruling until discovery was completed”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barnes v. Channel