854 So. 2d 515 - Sessions v. Espy’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 12 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 323 · 11 U.S.C. § 327
Relies on Segal v. Rochelle · Hobson v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co. · Alvarez Pa v. R · 727 So. 2d 800 - Cunningham v. Langston, Frazer, Sweet & Freese · 826 So. 2d 787 - Hollingsworth v. City of Rainbow City
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.
“"Any action against a legal service provider in which it is alleged that some injury or damage was caused in whole or in part by the legal service provider's violation of the standard of care applicable to a legal service provider. A legal service liability action embraces all claims for injuries or damages or wrongful death whether in contract or in tort and whether based on an intentional or unintentional act or omission. A legal services liability action embraces any form of action in which a litigant may seek legal redress for a wrong or an injury and every legal theory of recovery, whether common law or statutory, available to a litigant in a court in the State of Alabama now or in the future."”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“"`"`[W]e utilize the same standard as the trial court in determining whether the evidence before [it] made out a genuine issue of material fact,' and whether the movant was `entitled to judgment as a matter of law.' Rule 56(c), Ala. R. Civ. P. When the movant makes a prima facie showing that there is no genuine issue of material fact, the burden shifts to the nonmovant to present substantial evidence creating such an issue. Evidence is `substantial' if it is of `such weight and quality that fair-minded persons in the exercise of impartial judgment can reasonably infer the existence of the fact sought to be proved.' Our review is further subject to the caveat that this Court must review the record in a light most favorable to the nonmovant and must resolve all reasonable doubts against the movant."'"”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“There shall be only one form and cause of action against legal service providers in courts in the State of Alabama and it shall be known as the legal service liability action and shall have the meaning as defined herein.”
3 later decisions 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.