Frye v. Angst’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 29 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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Accident insurance, liability of insurer. Any bond or policy of insurance covering liability to others by reason of the operation of a motor vehicle shall be deemed and construed to contain the following conditions: That the insurer shall be liable to the persons entitled to recover for the death of any person, or for injury to person or property, irrespective of whether such liability be in praesenti or contingent and to become fixed or certain by final judgment against the insured, when caused by the negligent operation, maintenance, use or defective construction of the vehicle described therein, such liability is not to exceed the amount named in said bond or policy.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scribbins v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 50 Wis. 2d 487 - Hasselstrom v. Rex Chainbelt, Inc.

2. “'[m]aintenance' of an automobile has never been considered a part of operation, or of management and control,”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. McNeil v. Hansen · 36 Wis. 2d 635 - Graf v. Bloechl

3. ““Sec. 204.30 (4), Stats., provides for the direct liability of the insured to the injured party when the conditions of that section are met. Sec. 260.11 (1) is a procedural statute to allow direct action by the injured party against the insurer when the conditions of that section are met.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 50 Wis. 2d 487 - Hasselstrom v. Rex Chainbelt, Inc. · 36 Wis. 2d 635 - Graf v. Bloechl