184 W. Va. 477 - Hewett v. Frye’s Empirical Analysis
1990
Citation profile
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 172 W. Va. 435 - Ilosky v. Michelin Tire Corp. · 146 W. Va. 484 - Graham v. Wriston · 180 W. Va. 660 - Wimer v. Hinkle · 171 W. Va. 676 - State v. Flint
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In Kaiser , we encountered a situation similar to the one presented in this case. Special damages had been contested by the appellees in Kaiser on the ground that there was no substantial causal relationship between the appellee’s negligence and the injury allegedly sustained. We stated that resolution of such contested issues was within the province of the jury, and that the “judgments brought by the jury evidently represented their resolution of this conflict.” Kaiser, 318 S.E.2d at 599 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Viewed most strongly in favor of the appel-lee, the evidence permits a conclusion by the jury that the appellant’s psychological and mental disturbances were not causally related to the accident.... Consequently, we cannot conclude that the jury’s failure to award damages for mental anguish renders the verdict inadequate as a matter of law.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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