Griffin v. Armond’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 10 later decisions — most recently March 2006
10 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 Booth v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Company · 263 So. 2d 912 - Elledge v. Warren · 338 So. 2d 334 - Guillot v. Travelers Indem. Co. · Thomas v. Nelson · 216 So. 2d 875 - Rushing v. Allstate Insurance 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the intent of the statute ... [is] to provide protection to an insured who becomes the innocent victim ... even though the insured may be riding in a vehicle which is not insured under his own insurer's policy”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"This insurance does not apply: * * * * * * (b) To bodily injured to an insured while occupying a highway vehicle (other than an insured highway vehicle) owned by the named insured, any designated insured or any relative resident in the same household as the named or designated insured or through being struck by such a vehicle, but this exclusion does not apply to the named insured or his relatives while occupying or if struck by a highway vehicle owned by a designated insured or his relative; * * *" Uninsured Motorist coverage is mandated by state law. The relevant portion of R.S. 22:1406D(1)(a) states, "D. The following provisions shall govern the issuance of uninsured motorist coverage in this state. (1)(a). No automobile liability insurance covering liability arising out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of any motor vehicle shall be delivered or issued for delivery in this state with respect to any motor vehicle registered or principally garaged in this state unless coverage is provided therein or supplemental thereto... for the protection of persons insured thereunder who are legally entitled to recover damages from owners or operators of uninsured or underinsured motor vehicles ... * * *" (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(U.S.F. & G.) "This policy does not apply under part IV:”
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.