Lombard v. Rohrbaugh’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

34 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““testimony concerning liability insurance may be elicited for the purpose of showing bias or prejudice of a witness if there is a substantial connection between the witness and the liability carrier. If a substantial connection is demonstrated, its probative value concerning potential bias or prejudice outweighs any prejudice to the defendant resulting from the jury’s knowledge that the defendant carries liability insurance.””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ray v. Draeger · Sawyer v. Comerci

2. “our responsibility is to see that the law has been clearly stated and that the instructions cover all issues which the evidence fairly raises.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Williams v. Le · Monahan v. Obici Medical Management Services, Inc.

3. ““The defendant doctors were entitled to attempt to persuade the jury that [the plaintiff’s expert witness] was a ‘doctor for hire,’ who was part of a nationwide group that offered themselves as witnesses, on behalf of medical malpractice plaintiffs. Once the jury was made aware of this information it was for the jury to decide what weight, if any, to give to [the expert witness’] testimony. This was a classic case of an effort to establish bias, prejudice, or relationship. “The trial court went too far when it limited defendants’ cross-examination to the bare question whether [the expert witness] was being paid to testify.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sawyer v. Comerci