Sioux v. Powell’s Empirical Analysis

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16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The prejudice created by a showing of the absence of insurance is likely to be greater than when the existence of insurance coverage is shown. Sympathy is one of the most controlling human emotions. In City of New Cordell v. Lowe [Okl., 389 P.2d 103 ], this court said: ‘Such information encourages sympathy for a party who presumably has no way of being reimbursed for his loss than by a favorable verdict.’”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Dias v. Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies, Inc.

2. “Although not strictly a rule of evidence, Montana also follows the rule that: “Ordinarily injection of the fact that the defendant is protected by liability insurance into such a case, directly or indirectly, by evidence, arguments, or remarks constitutes reversible error.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jenks v. Bertelsen

3. ““... The admission of evidence showing that the plaintiff Sioux was not insured was improper and constitutes reversible error. Evidence of the absence of insurance can be as prejudicial as evidence of the presence of insurance ...””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Linden v. Huestis