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← 259 Va. 157 - Keesee v. Donigan

Keesee v. Donigan’s Empirical Analysis

2000

Citation profile

30
cited by 30 later decisions
1
states following
January 2019
most recently cited

30 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Tarmac Mid-Atlantic, Inc. v. Smiley Block Co. · Tittsworth v. Robinson · Lawson v. Doe · Brown v. Corbin · Gilbert v. Summers

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

  1. “However, the admission of expert testimony is subject to certain fundamental requirements, including the requirement that the evidence be based on an adequate foundation.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “expert testimony is inadmissible if it is founded on assumptions that have an insufficient factual basis.”
    2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “The admission of expert testimony is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial court, and we will reverse the trial court's judgment only when the court has abused this discretion.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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.