Singleton v. Wiley’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
3
states following
November 1998
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Elias v. New Laurel Radio Station, Inc. · 281 So. 2d 669 - Braswell v. Economy Supply Company · 366 So. 2d 661 - Alley v. Praschak MacH. Co. · 285 So. 2d 788 - Yarbrough v. Phipps
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“We feel that the jury could have concluded from the evidence adduced in the case at bar that this 18 year old high school student did voluntarily and knowingly jump on the back of a moving car in a spirit of fun and venturousness while the driver was looking ahead and concentrating on starting the car, and that the plaintiffs negligence was thus the sole proximate cause of his injuries, (emphasis added).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“We feel that considering all of the instructions together, both those for the Plaintiff and those for the Defendant, that the jury was properly and fully instructed and furnished sufficient guidelines to properly decide the questions submitted to them.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The doctrine of assumption of risk was properly applied to the unusual facts of this case and it represents one of the rare instances where it is applicable.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.