Mathis v. Ammons’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 114 Wash. 2d 907 - Industrial Indem. Co. of Northwest, Inc. v. Kallevig · 118 Wash. 2d 476 - Hansen v. Friend · 101 Wash. 2d 226 - Pedroza v. Bryant · 116 Wash. 2d 217 - Hutchins v. 1001 Fourth Avenue Associates · 113 Wash. 2d 479 - Christen v. Lee
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.
“A statute provides that: Every farm tractor shall be equipped with vehicular hazard warning lights of the type described in RCW 46.37.215 visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, which shall be displayed whenever any such vehicle is operated upon a highway. RCW 46.37.215 provides that: (3) vehicular hazard warning signal lamps used to display such warning to the front shall be mounted at the same level and as widely spaced as practicable, and shall display simultaneously flashing amber light.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mathis v. Ammons“Every farm tractor and every self-propelled unit of farm equipment or implement of husbandry manufactured or assembled after January 1, 1970, shall be equipped with vehicular hazard warning lights of the type described in RCW 46.37.215 visible from a distance of not less than one thousand feet to the front and rear in normal sunlight, which shall be displayed whenever any such vehicle is operated upon a highway.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mathis v. Ammons“The violation, if any, of a statute is not necessarily negligence, but may be considered by you as evidence in determining negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Mathis v. Ammons
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.