Audette v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1346 (Federal Tort Claims Act)
Relies on Dalehite v. United States · Laird v. Nelms · Augat, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance · Sena v. Commonwealth · Whitney v. City of Worcester
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Even if a public employer does not create a dangerous condition or situation by an affirmative act, its failure to prevent or mitigate harm from that dangerous condition or situation may cause an injury. A claim based on such an injury is barred.”
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.