Kao v. Lauredo’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"It is not merely an `abrupt stop' by a preceding vehicle (if it is in its proper place on the highway) that rebuts or dissipates the presumption that the negligence of the rear driver was the sole proximate cause of a rear-end collision. It is a sudden stop by the preceding driver at a time and place where it could not reasonably be expected by the following driver that creates the factual issue." [e.s.].”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Eppler v. Tarmac America, Inc. · 743 So. 2d 157 - Tacher v. Asmus

2. “[T]he defendant testified that he was driving in a careful manner, but that plaintiff stopped in an abrupt manner.... The defendant's version of the collision is not sufficient to rebut or dissipate the presumption that his negligence was the sole proximate cause of the accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 752 So. 2d 592 - Eppler v. Tarmac America, Inc.