Stratton v. Parker’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 12 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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “. . . liable for an amount equal to his degree of fault, no more and no less. He is not entitled to credit for any amount paid by a settling defendant who was found not to be at fault.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Central Kentucky Drying Co. v. Commonwealth, Department of Housing, Buildings, & Construction · Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Ryan

2. ““The law has now developed to the point that in tort actions involving the fault of more than one party, including third-party defendants and persons who have settled the claim against them, an apportionment instruction, if requested, must be given whereby the jury will determine the amount of the plaintiffs damage and the degree of fault to be allocated to each claimant, defendant, third-party defendant, and person who has been released from damage. The extent of the liability of each is a several liability and is limited to the degree of fault apportioned to each.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dix & Associates Pipeline Contractors, Inc. v. Key

3. “(b) The percentage of the total fault of all the parties to each claim that is allocated to each claimant, defendant, third-party defendant, and person who has been released from liability under subsection (4) of this section. [[Image here]]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Baker v. Webb