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← 118 WASHAPP 43 - Stevens v. Gordon

Stevens v. Gordon’s Empirical Analysis

2003

Citation profile

8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
September 2009
most recently cited

8 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Johnson v. Johnson · 120 Wash. 2d 246 - Washburn v. Beatt Equipment Co. · 55 Wash. App. 685 - Odegaard v. Everett School District No. 2 · 117 Wash. 2d 242 - Douglas v. Freeman · 103 Wash. 2d 831 - Bingaman v. Grays Harbor Community Hospital

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

  1. “if he decided to call Dr. Sears as a witness at trial. CP at 46. By invoking Mothershead , Mr. Gordon protected Dr. Sears from any attempts to obtain deposition testimony or to present Dr. Sears's report or testimony at arbitration. CR 26(b)(5)(B). Apparently Mr. Gordon was not satisfied with Dr. Rinaldi's testimony at arbitration. Approximately six weeks before the trial de novo, his counsel sent Ms. Stevens's counsel the supplemental report of Dr. Sears, declaring that”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “The defendants are appealing the trial court's exclusion of Dr. Sears as an expert witness, the testimony of Dr. Rinaldi regarding the cost of future medical treatment, the trial court's giving of the jury instruction for future wage loss and future medical damages, the trial court's giving of the causation jury instruction, the trial court's refusal to give the defendants' proposed causation jury instruction, and the jury award of future economic damages.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  3. “the trial court's exclusion of Dr. Sears as an expert witness, the testimony of Dr. Rinaldi regarding the cost of future medical treatment, the trial court's giving of the jury instruction for future wage loss and future medical damages, the trial court's giving of the causation instruction, the trial court's refusal to give the defendants' proposed causation jury instruction, and the jury award of future economic damages.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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