Theriot v. Bergeron’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co. · 418 So. 2d 575 - Hoefly v. Government Employees Ins. Co. · 406 So. 2d 178 - Southern Farm Bureau Cas. Ins. v. Sonnier · 520 So. 2d 721 - Bosch v. Cummings · Billeaudeau v. Lemoine
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“He who causes another person to do an unlawful act, or assists or encourages in the commission of it, is answerable, in solido, with that person, for the damage caused by such act. Persons whose concurring fault has caused injury, death or loss to another are also answerable, in solido; provided, however, when the amount of recovery has been reduced in accordance with the preceding article [the comparative negligence article], a judgment debtor shall not be liable for more than the degree of his fault to a judgment creditor to whom a greater degree of negligence has been attributed, reserving to all parties their respective rights of indemnity and contribution.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“1. The trial court erred in failing to hold that the Allstate policy's UM coverage was available to Mr. Wheat. 2. The trial court erred in failing to award sufficient general damages to Mr. Wheat for the death of his wife.”
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.