Wagoner v. Hurt’s Empirical Analysis
1977
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
1
states following
June 1989
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Central States Oil Co. · Moore v. Ready Mixed Concrete Company · Kickham v. Carter · Gould v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad · Hughes v. St. Louis Public Service 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““if one person has his vehicle in a portion of the highway where he should have it or is entitled to have it in view of the course in which he is proceeding, and some other person traveling behind him in the same direction overtakes him and permits his vehicle to run into the rear of the one ahead, the proof of a collision under such circumstances makes out a prima facie case of specific negligence against such other person in charge of the overtaking vehicle.””
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.