Hefner v. Distel’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2017
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dembicer v. Pawtucket Cabinet & Builders Finish Co. · Izen v. Winoker · Kurczy v. St. Joseph Veterans Ass'n, Inc. · Ruggieri v. Big G Supermarkets, Inc. · Rustigian v. Molloy
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]hen approaching an intersection, a motorist has the duty ‘of observing the traffic and general situation at or in the vicinity of the intersection. He [or she] must look in the careful and efficient manner in which a [person] of ordinary prudence in like circumstances would look in order to ascertain the existing conditions for his [or her] guidance.’ ” Hefner v. Distel, 813 A.2d 66, 70 (R.I. 2003) (quoting Dembicer v. Pawtucket Cabinet & Builders Finish Co., 58 R.I. 451, 456 , 193 A. 622, 625 (1937)).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.