Bergens v. Allen’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
January 1972
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Silva v. Allen
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) George Allen averred that the proximate cause of the accident was Silva’s negligence in failing to light flares or to use other devices to signal oncoming motorists of his dangerous position. If this was not the sole cause, he alternatively pleaded, it at least constituted contributory negligence sufficient to bar Silva’s heirs’ recovery.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Silva v. Allen
How this case has been treated — in progress
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