Nolan v. Brantley’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 460 So. 2d 778 - May v. State · 597 So. 2d 1282 - Munford, Inc. v. Fleming · Chisolm v. State · Progressive Casualty Insurance Company v. Keys · 390 So. 2d 287 - Jackson v. Griffin
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“If you find from a preponderance of the evidence in this case that 1. The defendants were in possession or control of the premises at 781 Mannsdale Road, Madison, Mississippi as the owners, and 2. the plaintiff was an invitee of the defendants, and 3. the defendants' own negligence caused the defendants' dog not to be restrained from plaintiff's work area on the premises, which was a dangerous condition on the premises, and 4. the plaintiff was injured by the defendants' dog causing the ladder to fall with the plaintiff, and 5. the defendants' negligence was a contributing proximate cause of the plaintiff's accident and injuries then you shall find for the plaintiff. However, if you believe that the plaintiff has failed to show any one of these elements by a preponderance of the evidence in this case, then your verdict shall be for the defendant.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Negligence is the failure to use reasonable care. Reasonable care is that degree of care which a reasonably careful person would use under like or similar circumstances. Negligence may consist either in doing something that a reasonably careful person would not do under like or similar circumstances or in failing to do something that a reasonably careful person would do under like or similar circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“There is no liability for injuries where the condition is not dangerous or where the condition is, or should be, know or obvious to the invitee. King v. Dudley, 286 So.2d 814, 816 (Miss.1973).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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