Wilson v. Brister’s Empirical Analysis
1998
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 281st Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on Nixon v. Mr. Property Management Co. · City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · El Chico Corp. v. Poole · Travis v. City of Mesquite · Bell v. Campbell
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Negligence of one does not excuse the negligence of another. Where both the actor’s negligent conduct and that of a third person bring about the injury, the rule of concurrent causation applies. All persons who contribute to the injury are liable. The intervening cause of the plaintiffs injuries, even if unforeseeable, may be a concurring cause if the chain of causation flowing from the defendant’s original negligence is continuous and unbroken.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Though Dr. Brister offered proof of an intervening cause, she did not conclusively prove that her negligent acts or omissions were not a concurring cause. Because a causation issue remained, [Dr. Brister] did not prove entitlement to summary judgment as a matter of law.”
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.