Fruiterman v. Granata’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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1. “[a]rmed with a jury verdict approved by the trial court, ... stands in 'the most favored position known to the law.' " Bitar v. Rahman , 272 Va. 130 , 137, 630 S.E.2d 319 , 323 (2006) (quoting Ravenwood Towers, Inc. v. Woodyard , 244 Va. 51 , 57, 419 S.E.2d 627 , 630 (1992) ). When a trial court has refused to strike a plaintiff's evidence or to set aside a jury verdict, the well-established standard of appellate review requires this Court to determine whether the evidence presented at trial, taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, was sufficient to support the jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff. Id . at 141, 630 S.E.2d at 325 -26 . We will not set aside a trial court's judgment sustaining a jury verdict unless it is "plainly wrong or without evidence to support it.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Parson v. Miller · Shumate v. Mitchell

2. “[i]t is ancient learning that one who assumes to act, even though gratuitously, may thereby become subject to the duty of acting carefully, if he acts at all.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kellermann v. McDonough · Kellermann v. McDonough

3. “a physician [must] personally engage[ ] in some affirmative act amounting to a render[ing of] services to another.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kellermann v. McDonough · Kellermann v. McDonough