Holden v. Balko’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Adickes v. S. H. Kress & Co. · Brownell v. Figel · Jones v. Merchants National Bank & Trust Co. of Indianapolis · Methodist Medical Center of Illinois v. American Medical Security Incorporated
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.
“‘If the negligent actor is hable for another’s bodily injury, he is also subject to liability for any additional bodily harm resulting from normal efforts of third persons in rendering aid which the other’s injury reasonably requires, irrespective of whether such acts are done in a proper or a negligent manner.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Edwards v. Sisler
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.