Thomasko v. Poole’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
36 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Creech v. South Carolina Wildlife & Marine Resources Department · Staubes v. City of Folly Beach · Nelson v. Concrete Supply Company · Bishop v. South Carolina Department of Mental Health · Swinton Creek Nursery v. Edisto Farm Credit
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 40 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In a comparative negligence case, the trial court should only determine judgment as a matter of law if the sole reasonable inference which may be drawn from the evidence is that the plaintiff's negligence exceeded fifty percent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When considering a directed verdict ... motion, the trial court is required to view the evidence and the inferences that can be drawn from that evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmoving party.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Because the term is relative and dependant on the facts of a particular case, comparing the negligence of two parties is ordinarily a question of fact for the jury.”
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.