Mitchell v. Equitable Equipment Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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3 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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““What constitutes manifestation is a more difficult question. Particularly troublesome problems arise when symptoms occur just before coverage attaches, although the sickness or disease is not diagnosed until after the crucial date, and the insured thus was not aware he had the particular sickness or disease before the effective date of the policy.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Patel v. NN Investors Life Insurance Co.

2. “becomes totally disabled solely because of injury or sickness”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 330 So. 2d 919 - Mitchell v. Equitable Equipment Company

3. “if the disability is caused or contributed to by”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 330 So. 2d 919 - Mitchell v. Equitable Equipment Company