Black v. ACandS, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

9 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(d) This ... [exception] ... applies only to product lability actions against: (1) persons who mined and sold commercial asbestos; and (2) funds that have, as a result of bankruptcy proceedings or to avoid bankruptey proceedings, been created for the payment of asbestos related disease claims or asbestos related property damage claims.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poirier v. A.P. Green Services, Inc. · Allied Signal, Inc. v. Herring

2. “[w]e believe the legislature could not have intended to permit actions against an entity that both mined and sold asbestos but to preclude actions against entities that introduced asbestos into the marketplace as miners only or as seller only.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Harris v. A.C. & S., Inc. · AlliedSignal, Inc. v. Ott

3. “[A] product liability action must be commenced: ' (1) within two (2) years after the cause of action accrues; or (2) within ten (10) years after the delivery of the product to the initial user or consumer. However, if the cause of action accrues at least eight (8) years but less than ten (10) years after that initial delivery, the action may be commenced at any time within two (2) years after the cause of action accrues.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Poirier v. A.P. Green Services, Inc. · Allied Signal, Inc. v. Herring