Harrison v. Lucero’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

28 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 28 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[T]he Release obtained by Aetna did not contain an express reservation of the right of Susan Landin and Current Electric to make a claim against Tommy M. Yates for injuries and damages sustained in the aforesaid collision and that, therefore, said Release constituted an accord and satisfaction of all claims between them arising out of the aforesaid collision, thereby estopping Susan Landin from proceeding against Tommy M. Yates in this cause; Landin appeals. We reverse.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Smith v. Gainer · Landin v. Yates

2. “Since under * * * [the doctrine of respondeat superior] “* * * [t]he liability of the master to a third person for injuries by a servant in the course of his employment and within the scope of his authority, is derivative and secondary, while that of the servant is primary, and absent any delict of the master other than through the servant, exoneration of the servant removes the foundation upon which to impute negligence to the master.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kinetics, Inc. v. El Paso Products Co.