Laubach v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
37 F.3d 427 · 1994
Citation profile
26 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 36 later decisions — most recently March 2012 · most notably Cross v. Cleaver (1998), Kostelec v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. (1995)
26 federal appellate · 2 district ·
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 Dillon v. Nissan Motor Co. · Drabik v. Stanley-Bostitch, Inc. · Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Morrison-Quirk Grain Corporation · Sterkel v. Fruehauf Corp.
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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`absent a clear and prejudicial abuse of that discretion.'”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Your verdict must be for the plaintiffs on their claim for products liability against defendant Versa products [sic], Inc. if you believe: First, defendant Versa Products, Inc. sold the Versaladder in the course of defendant’s business, and Second, the Versaladder was then in a defective condition unreasonably dangerous when put to a reasonably anticipated use, and Third, the Versaladder was used in a manner reasonably anticipated, and Fourth, such defective condition that existed when the Versaladder was sold directly caused or directly contributed to cause damage to plaintiffs. 2”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The district court gave instruction 16: The defendants in this case are not guarantors against or liable for any and all accidents and injuries that arise or occur by reason of the use of the ladder. Nor is there a duty upon the Defendants to sell a ladder which is “accident proof’ or “fool proof.” What the defendants are required to do is sell a product free from defective and unreasonably dangerous condition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.