Patterson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 121 So. 2d 763 - Nomey v. Great American Indemnity Company · 175 So. 2d 697 - McMorris v. Hanover Insurance Co. · 222 So. 2d 628 - Ward v. Aucoin · Vordenbaumen v. Sweeney · Brown v. Rollinson
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Our courts have repeatedly held that a driver confronted with a sudden emergency, ... is only required to act as a reasonable man would in similar circumstances.”
1 later decision 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.