Hudson v. Stepp’s Empirical Analysis
1965
Citation profile
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New York · Kay v. Metropolitan Street Railway Co. · 36 Tenn. App. 469 - Sullivan v. Crabtree · 32 Tenn. App. 508 - Boykin v. Chase Bottling Works · Poor Sisters of St. Francis v. Long
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.
““It is an established rule, known as the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur, that, where the thing which caused the injury complained of is shown to be under the management of defendant or his servants and the accident is such as in the ordinary course of things does not happen if those who have its management or control use proper care, it affords reasonable evidence, in the absence of explanation by defendant, that the accident arose from want of due care.” 65A C. J.S. Negligence § 220.2, p. 512.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Kidd v. Dunn
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.