Michel v. Total Transportation, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
957 F.2d 186 · 1992
Citation profile
25 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently January 2025 · most notably Chan v. Society Expeditions, Inc. (1994), Guevara v. Maritime Overseas Corp. (1995)
25 federal appellate · 2 district · 16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 33 U.S.C. § 905 · 45 U.S.C. § 51 (Federal Employers' Liability Act) · 46 U.S.C. § 30104 (Merchant Marine Act of 1920 (Jones Act))
Relies on United States v. United States Gypsum Co. · Cannon v. University of Chicago · Pullman-Standard v. Swint · Miles v. Apex Marine Corp. · McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“damages recoverable in general maritime causes of action for personal injury of a Jones Act seaman do not include loss of consortium”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“DOSHA [the Death on The High Seas Act], by its terms, limits recoverable damages in wrongful death suits to " pecuniary loss sustained by the persons for whose benefit the suit is brought." 46 U.S.C.App. § 762 (emphasis added). This explicit limitation forecloses recovery for nonpecuniary loss, such as loss of society, in a general maritime action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We assume that Congress is aware of existing law when it passes legislation.”
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.