DiStefano v. Nabisco, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “both that he or she was in fact exposed to a disease-causing agent and that there is a rational basis' for his or her fear of contracting a disease.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 580 F. Supp. 2d 273 - Caudle v. Towers, Perrin, Forster & Crosby, Inc. · 528 F. Supp. 2d 303 - In Re Mtbe Products Liab. Lit.

2. “although the plaintiff established that the infant plaintiff was exposed to volatile organic compounds (hereinafter VOC), she presented neither clinical evidence of some physical manifestation of VOC contamination, nor evidentiary proof in admissible form sufficient to establish a triable issue of fact regarding some other indication of a toxin-induced disease”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 528 F. Supp. 2d 303 - In Re Mtbe Products Liab. Lit.

3. “of a toxin in the plaintiffs body, or some other indication of a toxin-induced disease,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 528 F. Supp. 2d 303 - In Re Mtbe Products Liab. Lit.