293 Ga. App. 872 - Walker v. Walker’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Blackford · Atlanta News Publishing Co. v. Medlock · Lawson v. Watkins · Deere & Co. v. Brooks · Florida Rock & Tank Lines, Inc. v. Moore
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) That the defendant made the representations; (2) that at the time he knew they were false; (3) that he made them with the intention and purpose of deceiving the plaintiff; (4) that the plaintiff relied on the representations; [and] (5) that the plaintiff sustained the alleged loss and damage as the proximate result of their having been made.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Because defamation concerning trade, office, or occupation is defamation per se, damage is inferred[.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(4) [u]ttering any disparaging words productive of special damage which flows naturally therefrom.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.