Almonte v. KURL’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 2 district · 3 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “requires a factual finding that the harm would not have occurred but for the [act] and that the harm [was a] natural and probable consequence of the [act].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation v. Restivo Monacelli LLP · 357 F. Supp. 3d 129 - Rhode Island v. Atl. Richfield Co.

2. “where negligence on the part of ... defendants is clear, and it is only the issue of causation which is in doubt, so that the choice must be made between letting loss due to failure of proof fall upon the innocent plaintiff or the culpable defendants.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 357 F. Supp. 3d 129 - Rhode Island v. Atl. Richfield Co.

3. “A plaintiff must not only prove that a defendant is the cause-in-fact of an injury, but also must prove that a defendant proximately caused the injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Mu v. Omni Hotels Mgmt. Corp.