Adamson v. Bicknell’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
September 2020
most recently cited
2 district · 6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on State v. Ward · Lothian Cassidy, L.L.C. v. Lothian Oil Inc. · Gleason v. Samaritan Home & Church Mutual Insurance · State v. McCullough · Smith v. Printup
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“malicious, vindictive, or willful and wanton invasion of another's rights, with the ultimate purpose being to restrain and deter others from the 37 commission of similar wrongs.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Acord v. Porter“clear and convincing evidence . . . that the defendant acted toward the plaintiff with willful conduct, wanton conduct, fraud or malice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Acord v. Porter“Punitive damages are awarded on the theory that the defendant deserves punishment for his or her wrongful acts.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Acord v. Porter
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.