Peone v. Regulus Stud Mills, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Several criteria must, however, be met before negligence as a matter of law will be found. First, the statute or regulation must clearly define the required standard of conduct [citation omitted]; second, the statute or regulation must have been intended to prevent the type of harm defendant's act or omission caused [citation omitted]; third, the plaintiff must be a member of the class of persons the statute or regulation was designed to protect [citation omitted]; and fourth, the violation must have been a proximate cause of the injury [citation omitted].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Arrington v. Arrington Bros. Construction, Inc.

2. “the owner or lessee of premises, or other person who is virtually the proprietor or operator of the business there carried on, but who, by reason of there being an independent contractor, or for any other reason, is not the direct employer of the workmen there employed.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Ek v. Herrington