Wehner v. Foster’s Empirical Analysis
1951
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently December 2014 · most notably 238 Ill. 2d 177 - West American Insurance v. Yorkville National Bank (2010), 61 Ill. App. 3d 911 - McLaughlin v. Attorneys' Title Guaranty Fund, Inc. (1978)
13 federal appellate · 13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Most-quoted passages
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““ Where the facts are uncertain or disputed, and the inferences doubtful, the question whether timely notice was given is one for the jury under proper instructions; but, where the facts are not in dispute, and the inferences are certain, it is a question of law for the court.’ Foster v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York, 99 Wis. 447 , at page 451, 75 N.W. 69 , at page 70, 40 L.R.A. 833 .””
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The reasons for the policy provisions requiring the assured to give written notice of an accident as soon as practicable are obvious.... It is the experience of every defender of causes that it is a matter of first importance to become possessed of all material facts ... at the earliest possible moment, as facts may be forgotten or distorted^]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“'the lapse of time which removes the opportunity for prompt investigation, also destroys the possibility of showing prejudice arising from delayed inquiry.'”
1 later decision 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.