Drumm v. Simer’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
22 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 22 later decisions — most recently September 2004
22 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Pickwick Stages Corp. v. Messinger · Stewart v. Crystal Coca-Cola Bottling Co. · Sawyer v. People's Freight Lines, Inc. · Kingsbury v. Christy · Southwest Cotton Co. v. Pope
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * * That doctrine is merely a rule of evidence that permits an inference of negligence to be drawn by the trier of fact against the defendant, which inference may be rebutted by the defendant. When rebutted the -doctrine no longer applies and the burden then shifts to the plaintiff to prove negligence on the part of the defendant. (citations omitted) “ ‘ * * * the doctrine (res ipsa loquitur) is predicated upon plaintiff’s inability to specify the act of negligence which caused his injury, and therefore permits him to rely on the doctrine as a substitute for specific proof, * C.J. 1200, section 770.””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““ * * * the doctrine (res ipsa loquitur) is predicated upon plaintiff’s inability to specify the act of negligence which caused his injury, and therefore permits him to rely on the doctrine as a substitute for specific proof, * 68 Ariz. at 322 , 205 P.2d at 594 .”
2 later decisions 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.