Lewis v. Timco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
716 F.2d 1425 · 1983
Citation profile
43 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 77 later decisions — most recently October 2013 · most notably Duncan v. Cessna Aircraft Co. (1984), 945 So. 2d 1246 - Engle v. Liggett Group, Inc. (2006)
43 federal appellate · 1 district · 7 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
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 901
Relies on Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen · Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · The Osceola
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 77 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“comparative fault has long been the accepted risk-allocating principle under the maritime law, a conceptual body whose cardinal mark is uniformity.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Withhart v. Otto Candies, L.L.C · Bosnor, S.A. De C v. Cross-Appellees Cross-Appellants v. Tug L.A. Barrios, Her Engines, Etc., and Delmar Systems, Inc., and Cross-Appellees v. Walton & Sons Stevedoring and Contracting Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Appellee Cross-Appellee, Cross-Appellant and Slatco, Inc., Cross-Appellant Cross-Appellee v. Cheramie Bo-Truc 7, Cross-Appellees, and Reyna International, Inc., Defendant-Cross-Appellee Cross-Appellant, and World Marine Association, Inc., Northwest Insurance Co., and Certain Underwriters at Lloyds of London, Defendants-Cross-Appellees“DOHSA applies to accidents occurring beyond a marine league from shore”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the focus is upon causation. It is inevitable that a comparison of the conduct of plaintiffs and defendants ultimately be in terms of causation.”
2 later decisions 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.