McFarland v. Cathy’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Black v. Carrollton Railroad · 50 So. 2d 847 - Valence v. Louisiana Power & Light Co. · Christofferson v. Halliburton Co. · Parker v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. Co. · Robertson v. Aetna Casualty and Surety Company
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The rationale of this premises is the avoidance of opening a field of litigation which will flood the courts with actions in which practical justice cannot be meted out to both plaintiff and defendant alike. Another basic premise of the rule is that, under such circumstances, there is no breach of a legal duty toward the party claiming damages." Bourque supra id p. 238”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The established rule in this State is that, except in death cases, one person may not recover damages for mental pain and anguish suffered by him merely as a result of physical injuries sustained by another person."”
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.