Martin v. Turner’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

13 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The Court instructs the jury that the plaintiff was under a duty to exercise ordinary care for her own safety and if you find and believe from the evidence that plaintiff immediately prior to the collision in question shouted an instruction or command to the driver of the automobile in which she was riding to ‘Get out of his way’ or words to that effect, and if you further find that the driver followed, or attempted to follow, said instruction or command and went off the highway on the right and down an embankment, and if you further find that plaintiff by shouting an instruction or command to the driver, if you so find, failed to exercise ordinary care for her own safety, then you are instructed that plaintiff was negligent, and if you further find that such negligence on the part of plaintiff, if you so find, contributed to cause her injuries, if any, then you are instructed that plaintiff is not entitled to recover on her cause of action and your verdict should be for defendant.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Merritt v. Wilkerson

2. ““ ‘The Court instructs the jury that any person operating an automobile * * * upon * * * a public * * highway * * * is required to use the highest degree of care that a very careful person would use under like or similar circumstances to prevent injury or death to persons on * * * such * * * highways * * * and * * * the absence of such care constitutes negligence’, etc.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Edwards Ex Rel. Edwards v. Rudowicz