94 Ill. App. 2d 215 - Sims v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1968
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 44 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 47 later decisions — most recently December 2024 · most notably 47 Ill. App. 3d 999 - Chisolm v. Stephens (1977), 80 Ill. App. 3d 544 - McCann v. Bethesda Hospital (1980)
2 federal appellate · 44 state decisions
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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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"Initially, we feel that the standard of care required of a landlord who provides a parking lot for the convenience of his tenants, in no sense varies from the standard of care applicable in those instances wherein a store makes a parking lot available for its customers. . . ." . . . . . . ". . . They (landlords), therefore, had the duty of exercising reasonable care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition for use by tenants. We see no reason to except conditions of snow and ice from this general duty."”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“. . . They (landlords), therefore, had the duty of exercising reasonable care to keep the premises in a reasonably safe condition for use by tenants. We see no reason to except conditions of snow and ice from this general duty.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“it is a fair inference from the record that the spillover of the snow as the plow skirted the parked car would have increased the depth of the snow at that location.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.