314 Ga. App. 854 - Wolfe v. Carter’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(a) Prescribed burning conducted under the requirements of this part shall: (1) Be accomplished only when an individual with previous prescribed burning experience or training is in charge of the burn and is present on site until the fire is adequately confined to reasonably prevent escape of the fire from the area intended to be burned; (2) Be considered in the public interest and shall not create a public or private nuisance; (3) Be considered a property right of the landowner; and (4) Be conducted in accordance with a permit issued under Part 3 of this article.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 501 - Patton v. Cumberland Corporation.

2. “[n]o property owner or owner's agent conducting an authorized prescribed burn under this part shall be liable for damages or injury caused by fire or resulting smoke unless it is proven that there was gross negligence in starting, controlling, or completing the burn.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 501 - Patton v. Cumberland Corporation.

3. “does not require that a fire be completely extinguished ... before the supervisor may leave the site; rather, it requires only that the fire be confined to reasonably prevent its escape from the intended area”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 347 Ga. App. 501 - Patton v. Cumberland Corporation.