Colard v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 federal appellate · 5 district · 29 state decisions

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 39 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““This insurance does not apply: “(a) to liability assumed by the insured under any contract or agreement, except an incidental contract; but with respect to bodily injury or property damage occurring while work performed by the named insured is in progress, this exclusion does not apply to a warranty that such work will be done in a workmanlike manner; ... “(k) to property damage to ... “(3) property in the care, custody or control of the insured, or as to which the insured is for any purpose exercising physical control; ... “(r) to property damage included within: “(2) the collapse hazard in connection with the operation identified in this policy by a classification code number which includes the symbol c....””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Flatiron Paving Co. of Boulder v. Great Southwest Fire Insurance Co.

2. “[w]here the insured, acting as a reasonably prudent person, believes he is not liable for the damage, a delay or failure to give the required notice under the policy is excused.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Leadville Corp. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

3. ““a warranty of fitness or quality of the named insured’s products or a warranty that work performed by or on behalf of the named insured will be done in a workmanlike manner_””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ohio Casualty Insurance Co. v. Imperial Contractors, Inc.