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← 469 So. 2d 960 - Kerfoot v. Waychoff

469 So. 2d 960 - Kerfoot v. Waychoff’s Empirical Analysis

1985

Citation profile

3
cited by 3 later decisions
2
states following
June 1993
most recently cited

3 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Wulf v. Rebbun · 3 Utah 2d 134 - Devine v. Cook · Sweet v. Ringwelski · 432 So. 2d 748 - Barfield v. Langley · 162 So. 2d 165 - Howard v. Insurance Company of North America

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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “Does an automobile driver who, by signals, relinquishes his right of way to another vehicle, owe any duty to reasonably ascertain whether traffic lanes, other than his own, will safely accommodate the other vehicle?”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “To add to that, don't worry, Mr. Waychoff, I assure you the way is clear in the other direction ... is putting undue and an unfair burden on a motorist... . .”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “`an action undertaken for the benefit of another, even gratuitously, must be performed in accordance with an obligation to exercise reasonable care,'”
    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.