Rhode v. Milla’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[w]hether the trial court improperly admitted evidence under § 52-174 (b) is an evidentiary question, and our review is for abuse of discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Presidential Village, LLC v. Phillips · 190 Conn. App. 449 - Demaria v. City of Bridgeport

2. “In all actions for the recovery of damages for personal injuries or death, pending on October 1, 1977, or brought thereafter ... any party offering in evidence a signed report and bill for treatment of any treating ... physician assistant ... may have the report and bill admitted into evidence as a business entry and it shall be presumed that the signature on the report is that of such treating ... physician assistant ... and that the report and bill were made in the ordinary course of business. ...”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 449 - Demaria v. City of Bridgeport

3. “the defendants did not have an adequate opportunity to cross-examine [the chiropractor] in a meaningful manner about his [records] either at his deposition or at trial because of his invocation of the fifth amendment privilege.... Thus, [it concluded] that the trial court improperly admitted the [records] into evidence pursuant to § 52-174 (b).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 190 Conn. App. 449 - Demaria v. City of Bridgeport