Ellis v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Defendants are under no duty to show how decedent was injured. The burden is on plaintiff to show that the decedent was run over by defendant's truck and that his injuries and death were caused by the fault and negligence of defendant's truck driver. He has failed to show either with that degree of certainty and a preponderance of the testimony, as is required by law .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 31 So. 2d 423 - Ingram v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co.