Rojas v. Drake’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 410 So. 2d 501 - Whitten v. Progressive Cas. Ins. Co. · 402 So. 2d 574 - Galbraith v. Inglese · 455 So. 2d 1138 - Wall v. DEPT. OF TRANSP. OF STATE OF FLA. · 207 So. 2d 718 - State v. Helman · McHan v. Huggins
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.
“[T]he requirement of frivolousness for an award of attorney’s fees is not equivalent to the standard required to prevail on a summary judgment, judgment on the pleadings, or even a motion to dismiss for failure to state a cause of action. Rather, an award of attorney’s fees under section 57.105 is only proper where the action is so clearly devoid of merit both on the facts and the law as to be completely untenable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“a total or absolute lack of a justiciable issue, which is tantamount to a finding that the action is frivolous ... and so clearly devoid of merit both on the facts and the law as to be completely untenable.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“the nature of the accident and the number of people involved [made] it difficult for the plaintiff to know exactly who was at fault.”
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.