65 N.C. App. 526 - Freeman v. Finney’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 16 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “imposes a duty or obligation not to sell beer to minors. The purpose of this statute is to protect both the minor and the community at large from the possible adverse consequences of the minor’s intoxication. See Hutchens, supra. When a statute, such as the one in this case, imposes upon a person a specific duty for the protection of others, a violation of such statute constitutes negligence per se.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 102 N.C. App. 583 - Hart v. Ivey

2. “(1) that defendants had a duty or obligation recognized by the law, requiring them to conform to a certain standard of conduct, for the protection of others against unreasonable risks; (2) a failure on defendants’ part to conform to the standard required; (3) a reasonably close causal connection between defendants’ conduct and plaintiffs’ injuries; and (4) actual loss or damage.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Estate of Mullis ex rel. Dixon v. Monroe Oil Co.

3. “The question of whether defendants should have foreseen the injurious consequences from their negligent conduct and whether their conduct was a substantial cause of plaintiff's injuries cannot be discarded as a matter of law on a motion to dismiss or for judgment on the pleadings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 102 N.C. App. 583 - Hart v. Ivey