Solanki v. Ervin’s Empirical Analysis
2009
Citation profile
29 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 380 So. 2d 1276 - Gathright v. State · 467 So. 2d 657 - Bell v. City of Bay St. Louis · 617 So. 2d 248 - Sperry-New Holland v. Prestage · 560 So. 2d 129 - Bobby Kitchens v. Miss. Ins. Guar. Ass'n · 697 So. 2d 373 - Steele v. Inn of Vicksburg, 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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[T]he trial judge is to look solely to the testimony on behalf of the party against whom a directed verdict is requested. He will take such testimony as true along with all reasonable inferences which can be drawn from that testimony which is favorable to that party, and, if it could support a verdict for that party, the directed verdict should not be given.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“Should the facts and inferences considered in a challenge to the sufficiency of the evidence “point in favor of the defendant on any element of the offense with sufficient’force that reasonable [jurors] could not have found beyond a reasonable doubt that the defendant was guilty,” the proper remedy is for the appellate court to reverse and render. However, if a review of the evidence reveals that it is of such quality and weight that, “having in mind the beyond a reasonable doubt burden of proof standard, reasonable fair-minded [jurors] in the exercise of impartial judgment might reach different conclusions on every element of the offense,” the evidence will be deemed to have been sufficient.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“The Court instructs the jury that according to Mississippi law no person shall stop, park or leave standing any vehicle, whether attended or unattended, upon the paved or main traveled part of any highway, unless it is impossible to avoid stopping in the roadway. Therefore, if you find from a preponderance of the evidence in this case that the decedent, Nilima Solanki, allowed her vehicle to stop in a lane of travel on the highway when it was possible or reasonably practicable for her to steer her vehicle onto the shoulder of the highway, then the Court instructs the jury that such acts constitute negligence on behalf of the decedent, and if you find from a preponderance of the evidence that such negligence was the sole proximate cause of the accident, then it is your sworn duty to return a verdict for Melvin Ervin and The Merchants Company. If you find that such negligence of the decedent Nilima Solanki was a proximate contributing cause of the accident and that the negligence of Melvin Ervin was also a proximate contributing cause of the accident, then it is your sworn duty to decide the amount you would have awarded for her death, if any, and then reduce that amount by the percentage of Nilima Solanki’s negligence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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