O'CONNELL v. Bean’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
64
cited by 64 later decisions
1
states following
December 2018
most recently cited
2 district · 49 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kamlar Corp. v. Haley · Oleyar v. Kerr, Trustee · Zedd v. Jenkins · Lockheed Information Management Systems Co. v. Maximus, Inc. · Ortiz v. Barrett
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“an action for the negligence of an attorney in the performance of professional services, while sounding in tort, is an action for breach of contract....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cox v. Geary · Johnson v. Hart“`exercise a reasonable degree of care, skill, and dispatch in carrying out the business for which [the attorney] is employed.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cox v. Geary“the contractually implied duties of due care and fiduciary responsibility employ tort concepts,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Cox v. Geary
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.