Oman’s Empirical Analysis
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 10 district · 7 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 46 later decisions — most recently June 2014 · most notably Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1992), 84 Md. App. 10 - Eagle-Picher Industries, Inc. v. Balbos (1990)
1 federal appellate · 10 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
Relies on Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City of Cleveland · Foremost Insurance v. Richardson · Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. Rohde · Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · The Plymouth
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 46 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the functions and roles of the parties; (2) the type of vehicles and instrumentalities involved; (3) the causation and type of injury; and (4) traditional concepts of the role of admiralty law.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“In this case the product, because it contained asbestos fibers, was very dangerous. The burden on the manufacturers in placing a warning on the product was not great. The employer was unaware of the danger until 1964. Finally, once the employer became aware of the potential danger it failed to convey its knowledge to its employees.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) the dangerous condition of the product (2) the purpose for which the product is used; (3) the form of any warnings given; (4) the reliability of the third party as a conduit of necessary information about the product; (5) the magnitude of the risk involved; and (6) the burdens imposed upon the supplier by requiring that he directly warn all users.”
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.