Grus v. Patton’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on McCloskey Ex Rel. McCloskey v. Koplar · Triangle Underwriters, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc. · Maybach v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. · Baysinger v. Hanser · Shapiro v. Columbia Union National Bank & Trust Co.
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The mere fact that [the dealer] had control of the tractor at the time of making the repairs and may have had some superior knowledge of what repairs were made does not make the doctrine applicable. Alleged repairs of a vehicle which is allegedly defective made by the seller while under the seller’s “control” do not give rise to the doctrine of res ipsa loquitur.”
1 later decision 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.