Kone v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 23 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 27 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[D]amages awarded pursuant to § 8.01— 52 shall be distributed ... to (i) the surviving spouse, children of the deceased and children of any deceased child of the deceased or (ii) if there be none such, then to the parents, brothers and sisters of the deceased (emphasis added). Moreover, in Virginia, the wrongful death action vests the right of action in the decedent’s personal representative, but the cause of action belongs to the statutory beneficiaries (as set forth in Va.Code. Ann., § 8.01-53) and not to the personal representative, thus making the personal representative merely a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 541 F. Supp. 2d 761 - Jones v. Prince George's County, Md.

2. “in the absence of a valid motion for judgment, there were no pleadings before the court that could have been amended”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Johnston Memorial Hosp. v. Bazemore

3. “signed only by a person ... who is not licensed to practice law in Virginia.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McGinnis v. Commonwealth