Weigel v. Lee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 district · 1 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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A wrongful death action, like a survival action, is dependent upon the injuries sustained by the deceased, and ensues from the injuries which caused his death. However, a wrongful death action is an entirely new cause of action for the benefit of persons close in relationship to the deceased who have suffered injury as a result of the wrongful death while a survival action permits recovery by the representatives of the deceased for damages the deceased could have recovered if he had lived.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Olson v. Estate of Rustad

2. “love, companionship, affection, society, comfort, solace, support, sexual relations, and services.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 753 F. Supp. 2d 948 - Campbell v. BNSF Railway Co.