Brye v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

8 state decisions

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. “In a negligence action ... expert testimony will be required [i]f the determination of the standard of care requires knowledge that is beyond the experience of a normal fact finder .... The requirement of expert testimony ... serves to assist lay people, such as members of the jury and the presiding judge, to understand the applicable standard of care and to evaluate the defendant's actions in light of that standard .... [A]lthough expert testimony may be admissible in many instances, it is required only when the question involved goes beyond the field of the ordinary knowledge and experience of the tier of fact.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 181 Conn. App. 239 - Osborn v. City of Waterbury

2. “Pleadings are intended to limit the issues to be decided at the trial of a case and [are] calculated to prevent surprise.... [The] purpose of pleadings is to frame, present, define, and narrow the issues, and to form the foundation of, and to limit, the proof to be submitted on the trial .... It is axiomatic that the parties are bound by their pleadings.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 182 Conn. App. 291 - Tedesco v. Agolli