Bennett v. Angus’s Empirical Analysis
1994
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
June 2000
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 148 W. Va. 595 - Richmond v. Campbell · 173 W. Va. 548 - Kaiser v. Hensley · 160 W. Va. 156 - Freshwater v. Booth · 185 W. Va. 45 - Fullmer v. SWIFT ENERGY CO., INC
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.
“Compensation for pain and suffering is an indefinite and unliquidated item of damages, and there is no rule or measure upon which it can be based. The amount of compensation for such injuries is left to the sound discretion of the jury, and there is no authority for a court to substitute its opinion for that of the jury. A mere difference in opinion between the court and the jury as to the amount of recovery in such cases will not warrant the granting of a new trial on the ground of inadequacy unless the verdict is so small that it clearly indicates that the jury was influenced by improper motives.”
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.