623 So. 2d 1056 - Dorman v. Jackson’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
8 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently February 2017
8 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on McNeil v. Munson S. S. Lines · 546 So. 2d 371 - Central Alabama Elec. Co-Op. v. Tapley · Westbrook v. Gibbs · Blair v. Greene · 557 So. 2d 1208 - Hope v. Brannan
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘ “The general rule is that if the transportation of a rider confers a benefit only on the person to whom the' ride is given, and no benefits other than such as aré incidental to hospitality, good will or the like, on the person furnishing the transportation, the rider is a guest; but if his carriage tends to promote the mutual interest of both [the rider] and driver for their common benefit, thus creating a joint business relationship between ' the motorist and his rider, or if the rider accompanies the driver at the instance of the driver for the purpose of having the rider render a benefit or service to the driver on a trip that is primarily for the attainment of some objective of the driver, the rider is a ‘passenger for hire’ and not a guest.” ’ ””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“"The owner, operator, or person responsible for the operation of a motor vehicle shall not be liable for loss or damage arising from injuries to or death of a guest while being transported without payment therefor in or upon said motor vehicle, resulting from the operation thereof, unless such injuries or death are caused by the willful or wanton misconduct of such operator, owner or person responsible for the operation of said motor vehicle."”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“that there is no genuine issue of material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
2 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.