Sproles v. Rosen’s Empirical Analysis

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69 state decisions

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

1. ““What sum of money, if any, if paid now in cash, do you find from a preponderance of the evidence will fairly and reasonably compensate the plaintiff, Mrs. Anna Wells, for the damages, if any, sustained by her by reason of the death óf her son, Frank Wells? “You will answer this question by stating the amount in dollars and cents, if any you find. “In passing upon the foregoing issue, you are instructed that you may take into consideration the following elements of-damage and none other: “(A) The reasonable present fair cash market value of the loss of service of a minor, Frank Wells, if any you find from a.preponderance of the evidence, Mrs. Anna-Wells will in all reasonable'probability sustain by reason of the death . of the said . Frank Wells on the occasion in question, from the date of his death to the time he would have reached the age of twenty-one years, and in this connection, you are instructed that by ‘loss of service’ of the minor is meant everything that could be valued in money, and would include the personal service, if any, rendered his mother in and about the home, as well as the money earnings, if any, of said minor. And in connection therewith, you are further instructed that under the law that plaintiff, Mrs. Anna Wells, was legally bound and obligated to support and maintain said minor during his minority, and she is only entitled to recover damages for the loss of the services of said minor, if any, until he would have reached the age of twenty-one years”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arrendell v. Wells · Allied Bank West Loop, N.A. v. C.B.D. & Associates, Inc.

2. “Special Issue No. 21 :• “Do you find from a preponderance of the evidence that the collision of the truck, so driven by the said C. A. Morrow, with the truck in which Frank Wells was riding, on the occasion in question, was not the result' of an unavoidable accident? “You will answer this question ‘It was not the result of an unavoidable accident,-’ or- ‘It was the result of an unavoidable accident.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Arrendell v. Wells