Carpenter v. Sapp’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 386 So. 2d 520 - Gibson v. Avis Rent-A-Car System, Inc. · Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. of Wisconsin · 453 So. 2d 1116 - GOV. EMPLOYEES INS. CO. v. Novak · 248 So. 2d 238 - National Indemnity Co. v. Corbo · 273 So. 2d 117 - St. Paul Fire & Marine Ins. v. Thomas
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen, as in this case, the use of a vehicle sends into motion a chain of events, the issue is whether that chain, uninterrupted, results in the injury complained of in such a manner that it could be contemplated that the injury could result from the initial incident.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[fjirst, such a construction would be a substantial departure from well-entrenched Florida case law as we understand it. Second, the Appleman quote appears to be out of context to the balance of the Race opinion, and nowhere does the court express an intent to adopt it as the law of our state.”
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.