Berwald v. Ratliff’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oates v. Safeco Insurance Co. of America · McGinnis v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co. · Eugene Alper Construction Co. v. Joe Garavelli's of West Port, Inc. · Ted Saum & Company v. Swaffar · Consumers Oil Co. v. Spiking
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.
“[W]here a judgment is in favor of the principal, the judgment is res judicata in an action against the agent, a derivative responsibility being present; ... Similarly, where suit is brought against an employer for the alleged wrong of an employee, it is held that a judgment on the merits for the employer bars an action against the employee, at least where it is conceded in the first action that the employee was acting within the scope of his employment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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