Martinez v. Rodriquez’s Empirical Analysis

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12 federal appellate · 8 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 21 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “768.03 Parties in actions for death of minor child; damages. — (1) * * * [T]he father of such minor child, or if the father be not living, the mother may maintain an action against such individual, private association of persons, or corporation, and may recover, not only for the loss of services of such minor child, but in addition thereto, such sum for the mental pain and suffering of the parent (or both parents) if they survive, as the jury may assess.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 376 So. 2d 1191 - Singletary v. National RR Passenger Corp.

2. “Whether a father who sues under the Florida Statute 768.03, F.S.A. to recover damages for the death of his minor daughter is completely barred from recovery by the contributory negligence of the child's mother when the father neither knew nor should have known of the mother's negligent conduct in supervising the child.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 376 So. 2d 1191 - Singletary v. National RR Passenger Corp.