McCauley v. Lasher’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““If we assume without any proof thereof, that appellant’s brake lights did not come on, such failure would not constitute a proximate cause of the collision in question in view of the fact that according to the testimony of appellee Anderson his truck was only three feet or thereabouts behind appellant’s automobile. Nothing would have been accomplished by the brake lights coming on, since according to Anderson he was looking directly at appellant’s automobile and applied the truck brakes immediately when appellant’s car suddenly stopped. In following about three feet behind appellant’s car he was too close thereto to stop regardless of the illumination or lack of illumination of appellant’s brake lights. Hence the finding of the jury that appellant’s failure to give a warning was a proximate cause of the collision is, for such reason also, not supported by any evidence of probative force.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ussery v. Ewell Hodges, Inc.