Bradley v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) the insured or someone in his behalf has reported the accident to some appropriate police authority within a reasonable time, under all the circumstances, after its occurrence; (2) the injury or damage was caused by physical contact with the unknown vehicle, or the accident must have been witnessed by someone other than the owner or operator of the insured vehicle ; provided however, the witness must sign an affidavit attesting to the truth of the facts of the accident contained in the affidavit; (3) the insured was not negligent in failing to determine the identity of the other vehicle and the driver of the other vehicle at the time of the accident.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Silva v. Allstate Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. · Tucker v. Doe

2. “The Legislature first enacted a “John Doe” statute in 1963, recognizing an insured’s right to receive uninsured motorist coverage for injuries caused by unknown drivers. Since the statute’s enactment, the Legislature placed safeguards within the statute to prevent citizens from bringing fraudulent “John Doe” actions. The initial safeguard was a requirement that the unknown vehicle make “physical contact” with the plaintiffs ear. Act No. 312, 1963 S.C. Acts 535 . Then in 1987, the Legislature amended the statute once again to allow insureds to bring a “John Doe” action regard less of physical contact as long as an independent person witnessed the accident. Act. No. 166, 1987 S.C. Acts 1122 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Tucker v. Doe