Hamner v. Bradley’s Empirical Analysis
1972
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 2 Cal. 3d 493 - Alcorn v. Anbro Engineering, Inc. · 22 Ill. 2d 73 - Knierim v. Izzo · Hill v. Kimball · Clark v. Associated Retail Credit Men of Washington · Republic Iron & Steel Co. v. Self
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) One who by extreme and outrageous conduct intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress to another is subject to liability for such emotional distress, and if bodily harm to the other results from it, for such bodily harm.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“a marked tendency on the part of many jurisdictions to recognize that the intentional infliction of mental distress by extreme and outrageous conduct constitutes a cause of action in itself, apart from any traditional tort,”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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