210 W. Va. 53 - Honaker v. Mahon’s Empirical Analysis

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32 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A] deliberate and intentional violation of a trial court's ruling on a motion in limine, and thereby the intentional production of prejudicial evidence into a trial, is a ground for reversal of a jury verdict.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 223 W. Va. 605 - Smith v. Andreini · 210 W. Va. 716 - Foster v. Sakhai

2. “'[n]egligence' is either the failure to do what a reasonable and prudent person would ordinarily have done under the circumstances, or doing what such a person under the existing circumstances would not have done[,]”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.C., a Minor v. Pfizer, Inc, Roerig, a Division of Pfizer Inc. · Teri Sneberger v. Jerry Morrison, d/b/a Jerry Morrison Construction

3. “'[n]egligence is the violation of the duty of taking care under the given circumstances. It is not absolute; but is always relative to some circumstance of time, place, manner, or person.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. J.C., a Minor v. Pfizer, Inc, Roerig, a Division of Pfizer Inc. · 223 W. Va. 146 - State Ex Rel. Prosecuting Attorney v. Bayer Corp.