Scott v. Otis Elevator Co.’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
November 2001
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Purcell v. Deli Man, Inc. · McDonald v. McGowan · Pritchett v. Jacksonville Auction, Inc. · 461 So. 2d 298 - TREND RLTY. OF GAINESVILLE v. Bullard
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A directed verdict in a negligence action should only be entered if the plaintiff could not recover under any reasonable view of the evidence.”
1 later decision 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.