208 W. Va. 319 - Dalton v. Doe’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 148 W. Va. 160 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 192 W. Va. 189 - Painter v. Peavy · 163 W. Va. 332 - Bradley v. Appalachian Power Co. · Lowing v. Allstate Insurance · 177 W. Va. 84 - Perkins v. Doe
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.
“Hamric was the very first case in which this Court was required to address the ultimate reach of the `physical contact' requirement contained in W. Va.Code § 33-6-31(e)(iii).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent“the Hamric decision should be given only prospective effect.”
1 later decision 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.