McGuire v. Hodges’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 19 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A party relying on negligence per se does not need to establish common law negligence provided the proponent produces evidence supporting a determination that the opposing party violated a statute enacted for public safety, that the proponent belongs to the class of persons for whose benefit the statute was enacted and the harm suffered was of the type against which the statute was designed to protect, and that the statutory violation was a proximate cause of the injuiy.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Chinese Drywall Cases · Evans v. Evans

2. “The evidence was clearly sufficient ... that [the defendant] violated the Building Code because the pool gate latch was not self-latching and the latch itself was substantially lower ... than required. [Plaintiffs decedent] was clearly within the class of individuals meant to be protected because Section 616.9 of the National Building Code specifically required the fence to make the pool entirely inaccessible to small children. The harm suffered here, [the child’s] drowning, was the type against which the statute was designed to protect.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. In re Chinese Drywall Cases

3. “and entered judgment in favor of the defendants. We granted Moses this appeal. II. ANALYSIS The circuit court's authority to set aside a jury verdict is limited and should be exercised”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Moses v. SW VA TRANSIT MANAG.