302 Ga. App. 89 - Fortson v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis
2010
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 226 Ga. App. 459 - Matjoulis v. Integon General Ins. Corp. · 285 Ga. App. 241 - Kirkland v. Tamplin · 299 Ga. App. 800 - Fortson v. Hotard · 273 Ga. App. 461 - Goodin v. GWINNETT HEALTH SYSTEM, INC. · 293 Ga. App. 80 - Carr v. Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc.
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) improper action or wrongful conduct by the defendant without privilege; (2) the defendant acted purposely and with malice with the intent to injure; (3) the defendant induced a breach of contractual obligations or caused a party or third parties to discontinue or fail to enter into an anticipated business relationship with the plaintiff; and (4) the defendant’s tortious conduct proximately caused damage to the plaintiff.”
2 later decisions 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.