Western Casualty & Surety Co. v. Polar Panel Co.’s Empirical Analysis
457 F.2d 957 · 1972
Citation profile
12 federal appellate · 5 district · 13 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently May 2004 · most notably Todd Shipyards Corporation v. Turbine Service Inc Sa Turbine Service Inc (1982), 56 Ill. App. 3d 338 - Pittway Corp. v. American Motorists Insurance (1977)
12 federal appellate · 5 district · 13 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hauenstein v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. · Morrison v. Swenson · 50 Cal. 2d 373 - Volf v. Ocean Accident & Guarantee Corp. · Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. · Dakota Block Co. v. Western Casualty & Surety Co.
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of Coverage B. property damage to which this insurance applies, caused by an occurrence. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“to property damage to the named insured's products arising out of such products or any part of such products.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““This insurance shall not apply: % * * * * * “(n) to damages claimed for the withdrawal, inspection, repair, replacement, or loss of use of the named insured's products or work completed by or for the named insured or of any property of which such products or work form a part, if such products, work or property are withdrawn from the market or from use because of any known or suspected defect or deficiency therein.””
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.