Fields v. Huff’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
2
states following
July 1987
most recently cited
3 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2674
Relies on 61 Ill. 2d 31 - Mattyasovszky v. West Towns Bus Co. · Huff v. White Motor Corp. · Barnes v. Smith · Miller v. Blanton · Boies v. Cole
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“§ 27-906. Whenever the death of a person shall be caused by a wrongful act, neglect or default, and the act, neglect or default is such as would, if death had not ensued, have entitled the party injured to maintain an action and recover damages in respect thereof, then,. . ., the person who, or company, or corporation which would have been liable if death had ensued shall be liable to an action for damages, notwithstanding the death of the person injured . . . § 27-909. The jury, or the Court in cases tried without a jury, may fix such damages as will be fair and just compensation for the pecuniary injuries, including a spouse’s loss of the services and companionship of a deceased spouse and/or mental anguish resulting from such death, to the surviving spouse and next of kin of such deceased person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.