211 W. Va. 466 - Spencer v. Beverage’s Empirical Analysis
2002
Citation profile
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on New York Times Co. v. Sullivan · 148 W. Va. 160 - Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York · 192 W. Va. 189 - Painter v. Peavy · 153 W. Va. 538 - State Ex Rel. Kucera v. City of Wheeling · 164 W. Va. 241 - Masinter v. Webco Co.
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Where a tort involves a continuing or repeated injury, the cause of action accrues at and the statute of limitations begins to run from the date of the last injury or when the tortious overt acts or omissions cease.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the `traumatic event' of the construction of the infiltration system. Rather, the thrust of the . . . complaint is that the construction of the infiltration system as well as the continuing wrongful conduct . . . in negligently failing to take action with regard to correcting the alleged inadequacies of that system. . . .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““[t]he standard of review applicable to an appeal from a motion to alter or amend a judgment, made pursuant to W.Va. R.Civ.P. 59(e), is the same standard that would apply to the underlying judgment upon which the motion is based and from which the appeal to this Court is filed.” Syl. Pt. 1, Wickland v. American Travellers Life Ins. Co., 204 W.Va. 430 , 513 S.E.2d 657 (1998).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.