Ludington v. Sayers’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

20 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is a settled principle of our common law that parties are required to bear their own litigation expenses, except as otherwise provided by statute . . . Furthermore, because costs are the creature of statute . . . unless the statute clearly provides for them courts cannot tax them.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 186 Conn. App. 618 - Gaughan v. Higgins · 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 14103 - Alswanger v. Smego, No. X05 Cv 92-0125294 S (Oct. 12, 2001)

2. “[w]here the negligent conduct of the actor creates or increases the risk of a particular harm and is a substantial factor in causing that harm, the fact that the harm is brought about through the intervention of another force does not relieve the actor of liability, except where the harm is intentionally caused by a third person and is not within the scope of the risk created by the actor's conduct.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Vogel v. State, No. Cv 99 0588391 S (Apr. 18, 2002)

3. “An issue of proximate cause is ordinarily a question of fact for the trier . . . It becomes a conclusion of law only when the mind of a fair and reasonable [person] could reach only one conclusion; if there is room for a reasonable disagreement the question is one to be determined by the trier of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 Conn. Super. Ct. 4061 - Aherne v. Lifeline Systems, Inc., No. Cv99 0269317-S (Mar. 21, 2003)