Doe v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
21 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 397 So. 2d 475 - Bazley v. Tortorich · 550 So. 2d 577 - Penalber v. Blount · Sanders v. Hercules Sheet Metal, Inc. · 372 So. 2d 1225 - Chaisson v. Domingue · 365 So. 2d 471 - LeJeune v. Allstate Ins. 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“child molestation is one such rare instance where a factual determination of negligence or intentional conduct is inappropriate as a practical matter. These types of acts cannot result from careless conduct and only occur as a result of a deliberate act by the perpetrator.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Lm v. Jpm · Shaw v. Bourn“designed to prevent an insured from acting wrongfully with the security of knowing that his insurance company will `pay the piper' for the damages.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“bodily injury . . . which may reasonably be expected to result from the intentional or criminal acts of an insured person or which are in fact intended by an insured person.”
3 later decisions 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.