Arredondo v. Dugger’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
3 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 44th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Knott · Doe v. Boys Clubs of Greater Dallas, Inc.
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 93.001. Assumption of the Risk: Affirmative Defense (a) It is an affirmative defense to a civil action for damages for personal injury or death that the plaintiff, at the time the cause of action arose, was: (1) committing a felony, for which the plaintiff has been finally convicted, that was the sole cause of the damages sustained by the plaintiff (b) This section does not apply in any action brought by an employee, or the surviving beneficiaries of an employee, under the Workers’ Compensation Law of Texas, or in an action against an insurer based on a contract of insurance, a statute, or common law. (c) In an action to which this section applies, this section shall prevail over any other law.”
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.