Snyder v. Harmon’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
281 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 289 later decisions — most recently June 2019 · most notably Crowell v. City of Philadelphia (1992), Marshall v. Port Authority (1990)
281 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Mascaro v. Youth Study Center · McKnight v. Commonwealth · Karis v. Karis · Mayle v. Pennsylvania Department of Highways · Love v. City of Philadelphia
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 289 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(2) used to indicate derivation, origin or source.”
43 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) Liability imposed.--The General Assembly, pursuant to section 11 of Article I of the Constitution of Pennsylvania, does hereby waive, in the instances set forth in subsection (b) only and only to the extent set forth in this subchapter and within the limits set forth in [S]ection 8528 [of the Judicial Code] (relating to limitations on damages), sovereign immunity as a bar to an action against Commonwealth parties, for damages arising out of a negligent act where the damages would be recoverable under the common law or a statute creating a cause of action if the injury were caused by a person not having available the defense of sovereign immunity. (b) Acts which may impose liability.--The following acts by a Commonwealth party may result in the imposition of liability on the Commonwealth and the defense of sovereign immunity shall not be raised to claims for damages caused by: .... (4) Commonwealth real estate, highways and sidewalks.-- A dangerous condition of Commonwealth agency real estate and sidewalks , including Commonwealth-owned real property, leaseholds in the possession of a Commonwealth agency and Commonwealth-owned real property leased by a Commonwealth agency to private persons, and highways under the jurisdiction of a Commonwealth agency, except conditions described in paragraph (5) [ (relating to potholes and other dangerous conditions) ].”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The basic allegation against PennDOT in the complaint was that this Commonwealth agency was negligent in permitting a dangerous condition to exist within its right-of-way. Specifically, appellees claimed that PennDOT had failed to warn the public of the pit either by lighting, or by erecting physical barriers or guardrails along [its] right-of-way.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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