37 Ill. 2d 273 - Miller v. DeWitt’s Empirical Analysis
1967
Citation profile
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 301 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 339 later decisions — most recently November 2003 · most notably 57 Ill. 2d 376 - Carruthers v. B. C. Christopher & Co. (1974), 101 Ill. 2d 1 - Doyle v. Rhodes (1984)
27 federal appellate · 1 district · 301 state decisions — followed in 18 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 33 Ill. 2d 316 - Larson v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · Day v. National US Radiator Corporation · Gannon v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railway Co. · John Griffiths & Son Co. v. National Fireproofing Co. · 59 Ill. App. 2d 38 - Miller v. DeWitt
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 339 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * Although the liability imposed by the [Structural Work] Act does not rest upon negligence, there can be degrees of fault among those who, under the Act, are accountable to an injured plaintiff. Who is the more culpable, a party who supervises and coordinates the overaU project, or a party who is responsible for the scaffolding and the particular work which produced the injury? Both are in charge of the work * ” °. Neither can escape liability to the [injured] plaintiff — thus the purpose of the Act is accomplished — but the lesser delinquent, if held accountable by the plaintiff, can transfer its statutory liability to the active delinquent, whose dereliction from duty brought about the plaintiff’s injury.””
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a]s a general rule it has been said that the general duty to `supervise the work' merely creates a duty to see that the building when constructed meets the plans and specifications contracted for.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“‘ ‘Architects-District Contract ‘‘2. SERVICES OF THE ARCHITECTS. The Architects agree to furnish all architectural services; engineering services, except as mentioned in Paragraph 3 (c) herein; and supervisory services needed in connection with the planning and construction of the work, all as more fully set forth hereafter: “(k) The Architects shall supervise the construction of the work in such manner as to assure the District performance of all contracts in accordance with the terms thereof; and the Architects shall exercise due diligence so that the construction shall be strictly in accordance with the final approved plans and specifications or any authorized changes thereto, of good workmanship and of materials of the kinds specified in each instance. The Architects shall personally devote whatever time is necessary adequately to supervise the construction of the work to the entire satisfaction of the District. No clerk-of-the-works shall be required. “6. NON-GUARANTEE. The Architects do not guarantee the performance of contracts for the work or their estimates of cost. . . . “District-General Contractor Contract “ARTICLE 12. PROTECTION OF WORK AND PROPERTY “The Contractor shall take all necessary precautions for the safety of employees on the work, and shall comply with all applicable provisions of Federal, State and Municipal safety laws and building codes to prevent accidents or injury to persons on, about or adjacent to the premises where the work is being performed.”
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.