Gerdom v. Gerdom’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
January 2004
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dallason v. Buckmeier · Gordon v. Clotsworthy · Cimoli v. Greyhound Corporation · Jackson v. W. A. Norris, Inc. · Wells v. McKenzie
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““You are instructed that a person who, without negligence on his part, is suddenly and unexpectedly confronted with peril, arising from either the actual presence or the appearance, of imminent danger to himself or to others, is not expected, nor required, to use the same judgment and prudence that is required of him, in the exercise of ordinary care, in calmer and more deliberate moments. His duty is to exercise only the care that an ordinarily prudent person would exercise in the same situation.””
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.