Exum v. Ferguson’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Comunale v. Traders & General Insurance · 68 Cal. 2d 822 - Reichert v. General Insurance of America · Jernigan v. New Amsterdam Casualty Company · Mitchell v. Intermountain Casualty Company · Mann v. Glens Falls Insurance
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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“entitled to all damages that flow as a natural and probable consequence from a breach”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[b]ecause Occidental's and Ferguson's suits were based on different theories of liability, they are not joint tortfeasors and Ferguson is not entitled to a credit of Occidental's settlement.”
1 later decision 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.