880 So. 2d 1047 - Simpson v. Boyd’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 735 So. 2d 161 - Donald v. Amoco Production Co. · 656 So. 2d 790 - Palmer v. Anderson Infirmary Benevolent Ass'n · 641 So. 2d 1186 - Crain v. Cleveland Lodge 1532, Order of Moose, Inc. · Whitehead · 603 So. 2d 824 - O'CAIN v. Harvey Freeman and Sons, Inc.
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 35 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“if the pleadings, depositions, answers to interrogatories and admissions on file, together with the affidavits, if any, show that there is no genuine issue as to any material fact and that the moving party is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“bears the burden of producing evidence sufficient to establish the existence of the conventional tort elements of duty, breach, proximate causation, and damages.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“should be overruled unless the trial court finds, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the plaintiff would be unable to prove any facts to support his claim.”
2 later decisions 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.