185 W. Va. 260 - Sullivan v. Lough’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · 158 W. Va. 741 - Long v. City of Weirton · 147 W. Va. 825 - Walker v. Monongahela Power Company · 178 W. Va. 444 - McClung v. Marion County Commission · 183 W. Va. 77 - Anderson v. Moulder
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ ‘ “A verdict of a jury will be set aside where the amount thereof is such that, when considered in light of the proof, it is clearly shown that the jury was misled by a mistaken view of the case.” Syllabus Point 3, Raines v. Faulkner, 131 W.Va. 10 [ 48 S.E.2d 393 (1947) ].’ Syllabus Point 2, Keiffer v. Queen, 155 W.Va. 868 , 189 S.E.2d 842 (1972).””
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.