Smith v. Jeppsen’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Eichel v. New York Central Railroad · Hill v. DeWitt · Smith v. Executive Custom Homes, Inc. · City & County of Denver v. Monaghan Farms, Inc. · Ficarra v. Department of Regulatory Agencies, Division of Insurance
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“cases that raise issues of first impression and that are of significant public importance.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“The fact or amount of any collateral source payment or benefits shall not be admitted as evidence in any action against an alleged third- party tortfeasor or in an action to recover benefits under section 10-4-609 .”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“A collateral source is a person or company, wholly independent of an alleged tortfeasor, that compensates an injured party for that person's injuries.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.