Shely v. Jeter’s Empirical Analysis
1949
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
March 1960
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Pagliro v. Cleveland Same v. Reckman · Jefferson Dry Goods Co. v. Dale · Ken-Ten Coach Lines, Inc. v. Siler · Fischer v. Eby
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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is not possible to determine with mathematical accuracy reasonable compensation for injuries like these. No rule can be laid down by which, damages allowable in personal injury cases may be accurately measured. Usually, the best that can be done is to leave what is fair and right to the judgment and discretion of the jury, and we áre not authorized to and do not interfere with their judgment and discretion unless it appears that their assessment 'was influenced by passion or prejudice, or is so unreasonable as to appear at first blush disproportionate to the injuries sustained.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Fix v. Shipley
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.