570 So. 2d 13 - Rochelle v. STATE, DOTD’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 341 So. 2d 332 - Coco v. Winston Industries, Inc. · 373 So. 2d 498 - Reck v. Stevens · Dixie Drive It Yourself System New Orleans Co. v. American Beverage Co. · Watson v. State Farm Fire and Cas. Ins. Co. · Sinitiere v. Lavergne
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A motorist owes the duty of reasonable care which includes the additional duties of keeping his vehicle under control....”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“In order to disturb an award made by a trial court the record must clearly reveal that the trier of fact abused its much discretion. An abuse of discretion is only found when the award is so excessively high or low as to shock a reviewing court into the realization that it must correct the award.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"... Negligence is only actionable where it is both a cause in fact of the injury and a legal cause of the injury. Legal cause requires a proximate relation between the actions of a defendant and the harm which occurs and such relation must be substantial in character."”
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.