Ellis v. Oliver’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kiriakides v. United Artists Communications, Inc. · Staubes v. City of Folly Beach · Paschal v. State Election Commission · 167 W. Va. 873 - Groves v. Compton · Carolina Power & Light Co. v. City of Bennettsville
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.
“When a release or a covenant not to sue or not to enforce judgment is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or the same wrongful death: (1) it does not discharge any of the other tortfeasors from liability for the injury or wrongful death unless its terms so provide, but it reduces the claim against the others to the extent of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant, or in the amount of the consideration paid for it, whichever is the greater; and (2) it discharges the tortfeasor to whom it is given from all liability for contribution to any other tortfeasor.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Section 15-38-50 grants the court no discretion in determining the equities involved in applying a [setoff] once a release has been executed in good faith between a plaintiff and one of several joint tortfeasors.”
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.