Johnson v. Teal’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 2 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Nothing in the Virginia cases supports defendant’s claim that the fireman’s rule is avoided in cases of so-called gross negligence .... The concept of “undue risk” does not refer to the level or degree of negligence, but rather to the nature of the risk. If the risk is inherent in the officer’s duties, it is assumed by the officer and the rule applies.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Morris

2. “When it is contended that a defendant’s negligence subjects the officer to an undue risk, not inherently involved in the normal pursuit of his duties, the issue of the officer’s assumption of the risk becomes one of fact for the jury rather than a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morris v. Morris

3. “injuries [ ] caused by the independent negligence of a third person”); Sutton v. Shufelberger, 31 Wash.App. 579 , 643 P.2d 920 , 926 (1982) (Fireman’s Rule does not apply to”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. White v. Edmond