Barney v. Unity Paving, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently October 2025
1 federal appellate · 14 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Carson Pirie Scott & Co. v. Parrett · 66 Ill. 2d 492 - M.F.A. Mutual Insurance v. Cheek · 92 Ill. App. 3d 99 - Reagor v. Travelers Insurance Co. · James Stewart & Co. v. Law · 104 Ill. App. 3d 371 - Waterford Condominium Ass'n v. Dunbar Corp.
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"104. CONTRACTOR'S INSURANCE The Contractor shall not commence work under this Contract until he has obtained all insurance required under this section, in the amounts hereinafter specified, and such insurance has been approved by the Commissioner, nor shall the Contractor allow any subcontractor to commence work on his subcontract until all similar insurance required of the subcontractor has been so obtained and approved. * * * * * * b. Public Liability and Property Damage Insurance. The Contractor shall carry at all times while executing such work as covered in this Specification and Contract or any mutually agreed upon change or amendment thereof or addition thereto, Public Liability Insurance, being held responsible for all damages the City of Chicago may have to pay to individuals or corporations in consequence of any acts or neglects of said Contractor or any of his employees or any of [ sic ] subcontractors or his employees, if any, in connection with the work called for by this Contract. * * * This provision shall be construed as requiring the Contractor and any subcontractor who may employ a subcontractor or subcontractors to take out and maintain Contractor's Protective Insurance and Contractor's Contractual Insurance. The Contractor shall require subcontractors, if any, similarly to take out and maintain insurance of such nature and in such amounts as the Contractor considers necessary to protect himself. The aforesaid public liability and property damage insurance”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“) which required the SHA to procure from the contractor a payment bond. The court held that the plaintiffs could assert rights under the contract because, by statutory definition, the bond requirement was for the protection of subcontractors. Plaintiff asserts that this rationale is analogous to the facts here because the purpose behind motor vehicle liability insurance is the protection of the public. The distinguishing factor between these two cases, however, is that in Western the legislature required that all construction contracts entered into by a state entity must include”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“"The rule is settled in this State that if a contract be entered into for a direct benefit of a third person not a party thereto, such third person may sue for breach thereof. The test is whether the benefit to the third person is direct to him or is but an incidental benefit to him arising from the contract. If direct he may sue on the contract; if incidental he has no right of recovery thereon." ( Parrett, 346 Ill. at 257-58 , 178 N.E. at 501 .)”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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