Downs v. Ackerman’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 611 So. 2d 942 - Rodgers v. Pascagoula Public School Dist. · 738 So. 2d 742 - Maddox v. Muirhead · Gibbs v. Banks · Herring v. Poirrier · 458 So. 2d 736 - Jackson v. Brumfield
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A plaintiff has the burden of proof, and must offer evidence that persuades the jury. The jury is not required to believe or trust the evidence submitted by the plaintiff, and is free to accept all, part, or none of the plaintiffs evidence. A defendant is not required to prove or rebut anything. [[Image here]] [Expert opinions are] not obligatory or binding on triers of fact but. [are] advisory in nature. The jury may credit them or not as they appear entitled, weighing and judging the expert’s opinion in the context of all of the evidence in the case and the jury’s own general knowledge of affairs. 11”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[a plaintiff's] medical bills established a presumption that those bills were reasonable and necessary for the treatment of her injuries, her medical bills were not prima facie evidence that the accident was the proximate cause of [ her ] injuries.”
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.