Olson v. Siordia’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “A trial court finding that a jury award is excessive will be overturned only for an abuse of discretion. The test to determine abuse is whether, if the trial court had been sitting as the sole finder of fact and had fixed the plaintiffs' damages in the disputed amount, this court would still disturb the findings. If there is a reasonable basis for the trial court's determination as to the proper amount it will be sustained.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 80 Wis. 2d 525 - Cords v. Anderson

2. “It is not [the reviewing court's] purpose to determine whether damage awards are high or low, nor to substitute [its] judgment for that of the jury or the trial court but rather to determine whether the award is within reasonable limits.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DL Anderson's Lakeside Leisure Co., Inc. v. Anderson

3. “Under our judicial system, we rely primarily upon the good sense of jurors to determine the amount of money which will compensate an individual for whatever loss of well-being he has suffered as a result of injury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. DL Anderson's Lakeside Leisure Co., Inc. v. Anderson