Smith v. Irving’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
2
states following
April 2017
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on John v. Wong Shik Im · Raines v. Lutz · Wright v. Kaye · Spruill v. Commonwealth · Velocity Express Mid-Atlantic, Inc. v. Hugen
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A court's decision regarding the admission or exclusion of evidence is discretionary in nature and, thus, will not be overturned on appeal unless the record shows an abuse of that discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Gunn v. Com.“testimony [from a medical doctor who was the defendant in a medical malpractice action] regarding what 'many surgeons do ' ... was factual in nature and did not constitute expert testimony”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Toraish v. Lee“demonstrated that degree of skill and diligence employed by a reasonably prudent practitioner in the same field of practice or specialty in Virginia.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Toraish v. Lee
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.