Lawless v. Central Engineering Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
June 1991
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Erie Co v. Tompkins · Killian v. United States · Tsarnas v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. · Becker v. Interstate Properties · Bell v. Koppers Co., Inc.
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This could only result in a reduction of plaintiff’s award of damages, possibly unrelated to the true proportion of liability. This thoroughly plausible result would be ironic and, this Court believes, not the result intended by the Pennsylvania Legislature. 16”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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