Gedward v. Sonnier’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n v. Interstate Fire & Casualty Co. · 536 So. 2d 417 - Pareti v. Sentry Indem. Co. · Taylor v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance · 407 So. 2d 401 - Bond v. Commercial Union Assur. Co. · Garcia v. St. Bernard Parish School Bd.
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Each provision in an insurance policy must be interpreted in light of the other provisions so that each is given the meaning suggested by the contract as a whole. See La.Civ.Code art. 2050. An insurance contract must be construed as a whole, and one portion cannot be construed separately at the expense of disregarding another.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Having resolved the issue of whether the ATV was a "motor vehicle” under the terms of the policy in this manner, we, like the appellate court, need not address in this appeal the issue of whether the ATV was "loaned” to [defendant].”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissente.g. Paxton v. Sanderson“SECTION II: EXCLUSIONS 1. COVERAGE E Personal Liability and Coverage F Medical Payments to Others do not apply to "bodily injury" or "property damage": a. which is expected or intended by one or more "insureds";”
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.