340 So. 2d 588 - Watson v. Morrison’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
31 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently March 1997 · most notably Sinitiere v. Lavergne (1980), 372 So. 2d 1197 - Rue v. State, Dept. of Highways (1979)
31 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.
Relationships
Relies on Doucet v. State, Department of Highways · 214 So. 2d 552 - Sterkx v. Gravity Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Rapides Par. · Hopkins v. State ex rel. Department of Highways · 321 So. 2d 819 - Willis v. State Ex Rel. Louisiana Dept. of Highways · Alumaglass Corp. v. Adm'x of Succession of Kendrick
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is generally accepted that `the Department of Highways is not responsible for every accident which occurs on state highways. It is not a guarantor of the safety of travelers thereon, or an insurer against all injury or damage which may result from defects in the highways. The duty of the Department of Highways is only to see that state highways are reasonably safe for persons exercising ordinary care and reasonable prudence. The Department is liable for damages only when it is shown (1) that the hazardous condition complained of was patently or obviously dangerous to a reasonably careful and ordinarily prudent driver, and (2) that the Department had notice, either actual or constructive, of the existence of the defect and failed within a reasonable time to correct it.' * * *.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““The general rule is that a litigant may not recover an amount greater than that for which he prayed in his petition. Friedman Iron and Supply Co. v. J.B. Beaird Co., Inc., 222 La. 627 , 63 So.2d 144 (1952); Alumaglass Corp. v. Succession of Kendrick, 303 So.2d 911 (La.App. 1st Cir.1974), writs refused February 7, 1975; Watson v. Morrison, 340 So.2d 588 (La.App. 1st Cir.1976), writs refused February 14, 1977. The only exception to this rule of which we are cognizant involves elements of special damages in situations when otherwise inadmissible evidence is admitted without objection and the pleadings are enlarged to that extent. LSA-C.C.P. Article 1154; Sterkx v. Gravity Drainage District No. 1 of Rapides Parish, 214 So.2d 552 , (La. App. 3rd Cir.1968), writs refused November 15, 1968....””
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. McBride v. Hebert“"Susan Morrision's testimony is subject to close scrutiny because she supposedly had no recollection of the accident from its date until she visited Dr. Joseph L. Palotta, a psychiatrist... The accuracy of her reconstructed memory, if accepted must at least be subject to careful review and probative evaluation for several reasons. First, whether hypnosis produces truthful recollections is at best a controversial question... Next, whether Susan's recollections under hypnosis were uncontaminated by information she had acquired from other sources since the accident is questionable.... Watson, supra at 592 .”
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.