Blanchard v. Reeves’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 31 later decisions — most recently May 2007 · most notably 595 So. 2d 624 - Lima v. Schmidt (1992), 892 So. 2d 1261 - Carter v. Haygood (2005)
30 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 Cartwright v. Chrysler Corporation · 375 So. 2d 1319 - Corsey v. State, Through Dept. of Corrections · Cartwright v. Chrysler Corp. · Cherokee Restaurant, Inc. v. Pierson · 431 So. 2d 773 - State v. Andrews
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 31 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"The continuance of the attorney-client relationship poses a dilemma which reaches a crisis at time of judgment. The judgment then demonstrates that there is a conflict of interest between attorney and client as to cause of dismissal of the client's claim. At the same time it is beneficial to both if the matter is successfully appealed. As an attorney, Reeves was obligated to inform his client of the conflict of interest. The record does not disclose that he did. Had he done so, the client could have made a knowing choice as to whether to continue the relationship or seek other legal counsel. On the other hand, if Reeves was not aware of the conflict of interest, he would have us impose upon his client a greater burden of legal knowledge than he possessed.1 His continued representation without disclosure requires us to impose the principle of contra non valentum. 2 We find that the attorney's conduct induced the plaintiff-client to delay filing the legal malpractice suit and prescription did not begin to run until denial of writs and cessation of the attorney-client relationship. Thus, suit filed against the attorney on March 14, 1984 was timely." (Footnotes omitted).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“"In the instant case, had the attorney-client relationship ended after trial, we would apply the rule that prescription began to run from the date of the adverse trial judgment, when the plaintiff learned that the suit had been filed late. Sturm v. Zelden & Zelden, [ 445 So.2d 32 (La.App. 4th Cir.1984)], supra. However, the issue is complicated by the fact that the attorney continued to represent Blanchard and pursue the case through the appellate process. There is no evidence to suggest that Reeves admitted to having been in error or that he was liable or in any way implied that an appeal was not worthwhile. On the other hand, there is none to suggest that the attorney deliberately and in bad faith continued to appeal in order to let prescription run on the plaintiff's cause of action against himself. What is clear is that the attorney-client relationship continued through denial of writs by the Supreme Court."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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