Smith v. Widener’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Clark v. Cantrell · Rogers Ex Rel. Rogers v. Florence Printing Co. · Hawkins v. Pathology Associates · Bennett v. Spartanburg Ry., Gas & Electric Co. · Vortex Sports & Entertainment, Inc. v. Ware
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[B]efore entering judgment on a jury verdict, the court must reduce the amount of the verdict to account for any funds previously paid by a settling defendant, so long as the settlement funds were paid to compensate the same plaintiff on a claim for the same injury.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[w]hen a release ... is given in good faith to one of two or more persons liable in tort for the same injury or the same wrongful death: (1) ... it reduces the claim against the others to the extent of any amount stipulated by the release or the covenant, or in the amount of the consideration paid for it, whichever is the greater....”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Section 15-38-50 grants the court no discretion in determining the equities involved in applying a [setoff] once a release has been executed in good faith between a plaintiff and one of several joint tortfeasors.”
2 later decisions 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.