37 Wis. 2d 70 - Algrem v. Nowlan’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 2 district · 29 state decisions

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

1. “'when parties to a contract adopt a provision . . . which contains no element of ambiguity, the court has no right, by a process of interpretation to relieve one of them from any disadvantageous terms which [it] has actually made'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 387 Wis. 2d 414 - Rural Mutual Insurance Company v. Lester Buildings, LLC · 181 Wis. 2d 129 - Continental Casualty Co. v. Homontowski

2. ““In cases where the damage results solely from the negligence of the indemnitee, and the indemnitee seeks recovery from the indemnitor, this court and the overwhelming majority of other state courts apply the rule that the indemnity contracts will be strictly construed. In Mustas v. Inland Construction, Inc. (1963), 19 Wis. 2d 194 , 120 N. W. 2d 95 , 121 N. W. 2d 274 , this court held a broad indemnity clause inapplicable because it did not expressly provide for indemnification of damages caused solely by the negligence of the indemnitee.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 383 Wis. 2d 63 - Cintas Corp. No. 2 v. Becker Property Services LLC · 43 Wis. 2d 36 - Young v. Anaconda American Brass Co.

3. “'[T]he rule of no liability of the employer over and above that imposed by the Workmen's Compensation Act does not apply in case of an express agreement for indemnification.1”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 43 Wis. 2d 36 - Young v. Anaconda American Brass Co. · 2001 WI App 287 - Deminsky v. Arlington Plastics MacHinery