Thompson v. Gaier’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
March 2011
most recently cited
1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 336 So. 2d 1338 - Vines v. Plantation Motor Lodge · Southworth v. Shea · Tripp v. Humana, Inc. · Maddox v. Ennis · 393 So. 2d 971 - Peevy v. Alabama Power Co.
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[I]njury must be a natural and probable consequence of the negligent act or omission which an ordinarily prudent person ought reasonably to foresee would result in injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The main purpose for the motion for summary judgment is to test the character of the evidence and to determine if any genuine issues of material fact exist.”
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.