Bishop v. Plumb’s Empirical Analysis
1961
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
February 1969
most recently cited
6 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“Once the court submitted the question of * * * contributory negligence to the jury, it was an essential requirement of fair and full instruction on the law applicable to [the plaintiff's] case that he also instruct the jury that [driver's] contributory negligence, if any, should not be imputed to * * * a guest passenger, and he did so. Had he failed to so instruct on such an important element of the law applicable to the facts in this particular case, he would have committed reversible error even though no request were made to so charge.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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