Potts v. Hayes’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 493 So. 2d 1374 - Hammond v. City of Gadsden · American Road Serv. Co. v. Inmon · 447 So. 2d 133 - Nat. SEC. Fire & Cas. Co. v. Bowen · Busby v. Truswal Systems Corp. · 565 So. 2d 38 - GREEN TREE ACCEPTANCE v. Standridge
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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"In order to recover, a plaintiff must demonstrate that the defendant's conduct `(1) was intentional or reckless; (2) was extreme and outrageous; and (3) caused emotional distress so severe that no reasonable person could be expected to endure it.' Green Tree Acceptance, Inc. v. Standridge, 565 So.2d 38, 44 (Ala. 1990)"”
11 later decisions quote this exact passage“so extreme in degree as to go beyond all possible bounds of decency and be regarded as atrocious and utterly intolerable in a civilized society.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.