Sampson v. MacDougall’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Coveney v. President & Trustees of the College of the Holy Cross · O'Sullivan v. Shaw · Nota Construction Corp. v. Keyes Associates, Inc. · Kannavos v. Annino · Swinton v. Whitinsville Savings Bank
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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The Legislature has stated that a person or entity licensed to sell alcoholic beverages, or serving alcohol as an incident of its business, may be liable for the negligent serving of alcohol to an intoxicated person who injures himself where there has been “wilful, wanton, or reckless conduct on the part of the licensee or such person or entity.” G.L.c. 231, §85T. However, that statute arose to fill a gap in the law. Absent G.L.c. 231, §85T, there would be no liability to [an intoxicated adult] even from a commercial provider of alcoholic beverages.”
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.