Cook v. Dance’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “"When a driver of a motor vehicle is confronted with a sudden emergency not of his own making and to which he did not contribute, he cannot be held responsible or liable for errors of judgment committed by him in the emergency where he is compelled to act instantly in an effort to avoid an impending accident. In such circumstances he may not be said to be guilty of negligence if he makes such a choice as a person of ordinary prudence would have made even though it appear later that he did not make the wisest choice. He is not held to the same coolness, accuracy of judgment or degree of care that is required of him under ordinary circumstances and is not liable for injuries caused by his vehicle if an accident occurs under the stress of such emergency, provided he was exercising ordinary, prudent and reasonable care to avoid the accident. Snodgrass v. Centanni, 1956, 229 La. 915 , 87 So.2d 127 ; Commercial Standard Insurance Company v. Johnson, 1955, 228 La. 273 , 82 So.2d 8 ; Troy v. Lanclos, La.App.1955, 85 So.2d 70 ."”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fornea v. Lindsley-Feiber Motors Co. · 102 So. 2d 532 - Bourgeois v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York