Foster v. Ankrum’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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

1. “(1) an unforeseen combination of circumstances which calls for immediate action; (2) a perplexing contingency or complication of circumstances; (3) a sudden or unexpected occasion for action, exigency, pressing necessity.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dennis H. Hagenow and Rosalee A. Hagenow v. Betty L. Schmidt · Vasconez v. Mills

2. “A driver of a vehicle who, through no fault of her own, is placed in a sudden emergency, is not chargeable with negligence if the driver exercises that degree of care which a reasonably careful person would have exercised under the same or similar circumstances.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dennis H. Hagenow and Rosalee A. Hagenow v. Betty L. Schmidt