Shock v. Wheeling Pipe Line, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
11
cited by 11 later decisions
1
states following
March 1991
most recently cited
11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Shippers Transport of Georgia v. Stepp · Christmas v. Raley · Continental Insurance Companies v. Stanley · Dillaha Fruit Co. v. LaTourrette · May v. Crompton-Arkansas Mills, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“In view of this situation we conclude, in the interest of fairness to all concerned, this case must be reversed and remanded for the sole purpose of developing the factual question of whether or not there was a causal connection between the false representation and the injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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