Dangerfield v. Ormsby’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “actions were enough to cause the prosecution, and but for [its] actions the prosecution would not have occurred. [The defendant] does not procure a criminal prosecution when the decision whether to prosecute is left to the discretion of another, including a law enforcement official or the grand jury, unless the person provides information which he knows is false.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. All American Telephone, Inc. v. USLD Communications, Inc. · 909 F. Supp. 2d 691 - Mylonakis v. The M/T Georgios M.

2. “[t]o establish a claim for negligent training, a plaintiff must prove that a reasonably prudent employer would have provided training beyond that which was given and that failure to do so caused his injuries.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jbs Carriers, Inc. and James Lundry v. Trinette L. Washington, Sophia Renee Lenzy, Thomas Charles Lenzy, Individually and as Representatives of the Estate of Mary L. Turner · 336 F. Supp. 3d 763 - Doe v. Baylor Univ.

3. “Negligent hiring, retention, and supervision claims are all simple negligence causes of action based on an employer's direct negligence rather than on vicarious liability.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Holcombe v. United States