Strakos v. Gehring’s Empirical Analysis
1962
Citation profile
13 federal appellate · 82 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 101 later decisions — most recently September 2018 · most notably Science Spectrum, Inc. v. Martinez (1997), Lear Siegler, Inc. v. Perez (1991)
13 federal appellate · 82 state decisions — followed in 11 states
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 MacPherson v. . Buick Motor Co. · Renfro Drug Co. v. Lewis · Mastro Plastics Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board · Smith v. Henger · Foley v. the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co.
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 101 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“enveloped by complex exceptions to cover such situations as nuisance, hidden danger, and inherently dangerous conditions”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“[o]ur rejection of the “accepted work” doctrine is not an imposition of absolute liability on contractors. We simply reject the notion that although a contractor is found to have performed negligent work or left premises in an unsafe condition and such action or negligence is found to be a proximate cause of injury, he must nevertheless be held immune from liability solely because his work has been completed and accepted in an unsafe condition.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“§ 386. Persons Creating Artificial Conditions on Land on Behalf of Possessor: Physical Harm. Caused After Work has been Accepted One who on behalf of the possessor of land erects a structure or creates any other condition thereon is subject to liability to others upon or outside of the land for physical harm caused to them by the dangerous character of the structure or condition after his work has been accepted by the possessor, under the same rules as those determining the liability of one who as manufacturer or independent contractor makes a chattel for the use of others.”
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.