Kesterson v. Wallut’s Empirical Analysis

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12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “underinsured motorist” as used in this instruction means a land motor vehicle: 1. The ownership, maintenance or use of which is insured or bonded for bodily injury liability at the time of the accident; and 2. Whose limits of liability for bodily injury liability: a. are less than the amount of the insured’s damages; or b. have been reduced by payments to persons other than the insured to less than the amount of the insured’s damages. The converse instruction provided: Your verdict must be for defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on the claim of plaintiff Michael Ama-to, unless you believe Kurt Sherwood was negligent and such negligence directly caused or directly contributed to cause damage to plaintiff Michael Amato. 2 . Although the language in the State Farm policy in this case is "legally entitled to collect”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Amato v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

2. “Moneys in the state legal expense fund shall be available for the payment of any claim or any amount required by any final judgment rendered by a court of competent jurisdiction against: ... Any officer or employee of the State of Missouri ... upon conduct of such officer or employee arising out of and performed in connection with his or her official duties on behalf of the state.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kershaw v. City of Kansas City