Kingman v. Dillard's, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
643 F.3d 607 · 2011
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Relies on Anderson v. City of Bessemer City · Callahan v. Cardinal Glennon Hospital · Muriel Jeanne Homolla v. Shirley C. Gluck · Ashley County v. Pfizer, Inc. · Estate of Davis ex rel. Ostenfeld v. Delo
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[w]hen a married person is injured, two causes of action arise: one accrues to the injured person for the injuries suffered directly by him or her, and the other accrues to the injured person’s spouse for damages suffered as a result of the loss of the injured person’s services, society, companionship, and sexual relations (loss of consortium).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A]n invalid spouse might be entitled to a greater recovery than a healthy spouse if his injured wife had previously been undertaking a greater share of household services that are encompassed by the notion of consortium.” (emphases added)); id. (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.