132 Ga. App. 512 - Bennett v. Haley’s Empirical Analysis
1974
Citation profile
46 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 50 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably 229 Ill. 2d 393 - Wills v. Foster (2008), Ceco Corp. v. Coleman (1982)
46 state decisions — followed in 10 states
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1396 (§ 1900 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1396A (§ 1902 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 2651
Relies on Eichel v. New York Central Railroad · 2 Cal. 3d 1 - Helfend v. Southern California Rapid Transit District · Brown v. Matthews · Palmer v. Stevens · 125 Ga. App. 352 - State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Snyder
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 50 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"[E]vidence of collateral benefits is readily subject to misuse by a jury. (Cit.) It has long been recognized that evidence showing the defendant is insured creates a substantial likelihood of misuse. Similarly, we must recognize that petitioner's receipt of collateral social insurance benefits involves a substantial likelihood of prejudicial impact." Eichel v. New York Central R. Co., 375 U.S. 253, 255 , 84 S.Ct. 316, 317 , 11 L.Ed.2d 307 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Medicaid [Medical Assistance] is a form of insurance paid for by taxes collected from society in general. 'The Medicaid [Medical Assistance] program is social legislation; it is the equivalent of health insurance for the needy; and, just as any other insurance form, it is an acceptable collateral source.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[A]s a general rule, the fact that the plaintiff received gratuitous medical care, continued salary or wage payments, proceeds from insurance policies, or welfare and pension benefits, will not be taken into account in computing damages.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Fye v. Kennedy
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.