Smith v. Wisch’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district ·

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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. “[W]e find no liability under common law negligence principles. The examinations before trial reveal that no one, including plaintiff, knows how the fall came about: Indeed, examination of the record reveals that plaintiff has at most a cause of action based upon “ ‘a bare possibility that the fall was caused in consequence of the negligence of the defendant,’ a basis which, over the course of many years, has been considered to be insufficient.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 998 F. Supp. 274 - Olejniczak v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.