Gabler v. Regent Development Corp.’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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

1. “... [I]n Rector v. Hartford Acc. & Indem. Co. of Hartford, Conn., 120 So.2d 511, 515 (La.App. 1st Cir.1960), "act of God" was defined as follows: "`An Act of God is an unusual, extraordinary, sudden, and unexpected, manifestation of the forces of nature which man cannot resist. The fact that no human agency can resist an Act of God renders misfortune occasioned solely thereby a loss by inevitable accident which must be borne by the one upon whom it falls ... "`No one is liable for an injury proximately caused by an Act of God, which is an injury due directly and exclusively to natural causes, without human intervention, which could not have been prevented by the exercise of reasonable care and foresight. The application of this rule may preclude any recovery for injuries caused by extreme weather conditions.... "`An act which may be prevented by the exercise of ordinary care is not an act of God.'"”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Branch v. City of Lafayette · 640 So. 2d 596 - Welch v. STATE, DOTD.

2. “, will produce liability. Rector, supra, at pages 513-514 states:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 640 So. 2d 596 - Welch v. STATE, DOTD.