Cavanaugh v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
9
cited by 9 later decisions
2
states following
October 2008
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Dillon v. Legg · Massey v. Armco Steel Co. · Boyles v. Kerr · Hidalgo v. Surety Savings and Loan Association · Reagan v. Vaughn
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1)Whether the plaintiff was located near the scene of the accident as contrasted with one who was a distance away from it. (2) Whether the shock resulted from a direct emotional impact upon the plaintiff from the sensory and contemporaneous observance of the accident, as contrasted with learning of the accident from others after its occurrence. (3) Whether the plaintiff and the victim were closely related, as contrasted with an absence of any relationship or the presence of only a distant relationship.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“negligent infliction of emotional distress”
1 later decision 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.