Fillingame v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
July 2008
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on LOGAN, ADMR. v. Durham · Alack v. Phelps · 376 So. 2d 646 - Partyka v. Yazoo Development Corp. · 450 So. 2d 786 - Warren v. Foster
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a fair reading of the [wrongful death] statute indicates that should a spouse or children survive the decedent only they may bring suit under the statute, to the exclusion of all other surviving relatives.”
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.