Kasper v. Welhoff’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on ITT Commercial Finance Corp. v. Mid-America Marine Supply Corp. · Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Hospital · Branstetter v. Gerdeman · Krause v. US Truck Co., Inc. · Hill v. Ford Motor Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If the lights on [Truck # 1] had been burning, [Driver # 2] might have seen his truck from the crest of the hill and applied his brakes sooner, giving earlier warning to [Driver # 3] and possibly to [Driver # 4].... Earlier notice to [Driver #3] could have permitted him to slacken his speed without stopping. Thus, the jury could have found that absence of [Driver # l]’s lights contributed to cause the collision between [Truck # 3 and Truck # 4].”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Bryan v. Peppers
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.