D'Arcy v. Shugrue’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

81 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 81 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A superseding cause is an act of a third person or other force which by its intervention prevents the actor from being liable for harm to another which his antecedent negligence is a substantial factor in bringing about.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vogel v. Frankel, No. 99084 (Nov. 8, 1993) · Cerniglia v. Levasseur, No. Cv 950548181 (Aug. 15, 1995)

2. “`[W]here the negligent conduct of the actor creates or increases the risk of a particular harm and is a substantial factor in causing that harm, the fact that the harm is brought about through the intervention of another force does not relieve the actor of liability, except where the harm is intentionally caused by a third person and is not within the scope of the risk created by the actor's conduct.' (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Stewart v. Federated Dept. Stores, Inc. , [supra, 234 Conn. 607 -08].”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Barron v. Benton Auto Body, Inc., No. Cv97-0573293-S (Dec. 21, 2000) · 2000 Conn. Super. Ct. 7813 - Reynolds v. Bell, No. Cv-97-0569389 (Jun. 30, 2000)

3. “imposes liability on the commissioner for injuries suffered `through the neglect or default of the state or any of its employees by means of any defective highway . . . which it is the duty of the commissioner of transportation to keep in repair . . . .'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 1991 Conn. Super. Ct. 890 - Hall v. Burns, No. 335529 (Jan. 14, 1991) · 1990 Conn. Super. Ct. 3121 - Quarello v. City of Meriden, No. Cv 89-0434582s (Oct. 10, 1990)