187 W. Va. 109 - Marshall v. Fair’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 11 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 177 W. Va. 734 - National Mutual Insurance v. McMahon & Sons, Inc. · 177 W. Va. 323 - Hayseeds, Inc. v. State Farm Fire & Cas. · 176 W. Va. 190 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Pitrolo · St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. S. L. Nusbaum & Co. · 145 Wis. 2d 874 - Vultaggio v. General Motors Corp.
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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“`[w]here the policy language involved is exclusionary, it will be strictly construed against the insurer in order that the purpose of providing indemnity not be defeated.' Syl. pt. 5, National Mutual Ins. Co. v. McMahon & Sons, Inc., 177 W.Va. 734 , 356 S.E.2d 488 (1987).”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage
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.