Ryder v. Mitchell’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district · 23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Althaus Ex Rel. Althaus v. Cohen · University of Denver v. Whitlock · Perreira v. State · Black v. J.I. Case Co. · Feiger, Collison & Killmer v. Jones
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“'Colorado law recognizes that these factors are not exclusive and allows a court to consider any other relevant factors founded on the competing individual and social interests implicated by the particular facts of the case at issue?”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“To establish a prima facie case for negligence, the plaintiff must show that the defendant owed a legal duty of care to the plaintiff, the defendant breached that duty, the plaintiff suffered injury, and the defendant’s breach caused the plaintiff’s inju ry. If a negligence action is based on facts that do not impose a duty of care upon a defendant for a plaintiff's benefit, the claim will fail.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“® - the risk involved in the actor's conduct, ® - the foreseeability and likelihood of injury from the hazard, as weighed against the social utility of the defendant's conduct; the magnitude of the burden of guarding against injury or harm; and the consequences of placing the burden of a duty on the defendant.”
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.