Causey v. Sanders’s Empirical Analysis
2008
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · 681 So. 2d 521 - Hoops v. State · 697 So. 2d 777 - Coleman v. State · 863 So. 2d 31 - Mississippi Transp. Comm'n v. McLemore · 431 So. 2d 475 - City of Jackson v. Locklar
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.
“You are instructed that a superseding cause is an independent and unforeseen act by a third person which follows the Defendant’s actions and which is the substantial factor in causing the plaintiffs injuries. A superseding cause becomes the proximate cause for the plaintiffs injuries and any actions on the part of the defendant becomes [sic] a remote cause for which he is not liable. Thus, if you find from a preponderance of the evidence in this case that the subsequent actions by Dr. Seki were á substántial factor in causing the5 [sic] Ms. Byrd to need surgery and the treatment the [sic] followed her surgery, and thus • constitutes a superseding cause; then Dr. Stubbs cannot be held liable for the injuries proximately resulting from the superseding actions of Dr. Seki, and it is your sworn duty to return a verdict in favor of Dr. Stubbs.”
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.