Johnson v. Smith’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “A person, including an equine activity sponsor, equine professional, livestock show participant, or livestock show sponsor, is liable for property damage or damages arising from the personal injury or death caused by a participant in an equine activity or livestock show if: .... (2) the person provided the equine or livestock animal and the person did not make a reasonable and prudent effort to determine the ability of [a] participant to engage safely in the equine activity or livestock show and determine the ability of [that] participant to safely manage the equine or livestock animal, taking into account [that] participant's representations of ability[.] ....”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. Loftin

2. “(2) the person provided the equine or livestock animal and the person did not make a reasonable and prudent effort to determine the ability of the participant to engage safely in the equine activity or livestock show and determine the ability of the participant to safely manage the equine or livestock animal, taking into account the participant's representations of ability[.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lee v. Loftin