Right v. Breen’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
August 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Riccio v. Abate · Schmeltz v. Tracy · 71 Conn. App. 217 - State v. Colon · Teitelman v. Bloomstein · Parker v. Griswold
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The essential elements of a cause of action in negligence are well established: duty; breach of that duty; causation; and actual injury. ... If a plaintiff cannot prove all of those elements, the cause of action fails. ... [I]n a negligence action ... [a] causal relation between the defendant's wrongful conduct and the plaintiff's injuries is a fundamental element without which a plaintiff has no case ....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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