188 W. Va. 203 - Lenox v. McCauley’s Empirical Analysis

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33 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 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Instructions must be read as a whole, and if, when so read, it is apparent they could not have misled the jury, the verdict will not be disturbed, through [sic] one of said instructions which is not a binding instruction may have been susceptible of a doubtful construction while standing alone.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Walters v. Fruth Pharmacy, Inc.

2. “In an appeal from an allegedly inadequate damage award, the evidence concerning damages is to be viewed most strongly in favor of the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Adkins v. Foster

3. “[P]ermanency or future effect of any injury must be proven with reasonable certainty.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 651 So. 2d 89 - Auto-Owners Ins. Co. v. Tompkins