26 Kan. App. 2d 685 - Huffman v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 2 district · 12 state decisions

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1. “"[Decedent] was 22 years old. He lived at home with his parents. ... [H]is father ... is disabled and unable to work. ... [H]is mother ... is a double amputee. [The father] testified that [decedent] helped around the house and the yard, trimming and cutting down dead trees. [Decedent] also remodeled the family bathroom. [He] helped his mother by doing laundry and other household chores. He also helped her with heavy lifting and other tasks that [she] was unable to perform, and he contributed money for household expenses. "Both [plaintiffs] testified about their loving relationship with [decedent]. The family spent a lot of time together in the evenings, watching basketball and talking. [Plaintiffs] presented testimony from friends and neighbors who knew [decedent]. [One] described [decedent] as a willing, friendly, and kind person[, and] ... a 'really caring person' who helped out around the house." 26 Kan. App. 2d at 692 -93 , 994 P.2d 1072 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burnette v. Eubanks

2. “Both [plaintiffs] testified about their loving relationship with [decedent]. The family spent a lot of time together in the evenings, watching basketball and talking. [Plaintiffs] presented testimony from friends and neighbors who knew [decedent]. [One] described [decedent] as a willing, friendly, and kind person[, and] ... a 'really caring person' who helped out around the house.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Burnette v. Eubanks

3. “[p]laintiff has satisfied his burden of proof by showing the nature and extent of th[e] losses, and the triers of fact are presumed to be capable of converting the losses into monetary equivalents on the basis of their own experience.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dillingham v. IBP, Inc.