Covington v. George’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
22
cited by 22 later decisions
11
states following
November 2017
most recently cited
4 district · 18 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Haselden v. Davis · Haselden v. Davis · Radvany v. Davis · W.B. Easton Construction Co. v. Gregory · In Re WB Easton Const. Co., Inc.
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 22 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The collateral source rule provides “that compensation received by an injured party from a source wholly independent of the wrongdoer will not reduce the damages owed by the wrongdoer.” Citizens and S. Natl. Bank of South Carolina v. Gregory, 320 S.C. 90, 92 , 463 S.E.2d 317, 318 (1995). A tortfeasor cannot “take advantage of a contract between an injured party and a third person, no matter whether the source of the funds received is ‘an insurance company, an employer, a family member, or other source.’ ” Pustaver v. Gooden, 350 S.C. 409, 413 , 566 S.E.2d 199, 201 (Ct.App.2002) (citations omitted). In this case, the actual payment amounts were made by a collateral source.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“any attempts on the part of the plaintiff to explain the compromised payments would necessarily lead to the existence of a collateral source. Inevitably, the inquiry would lead to the introduction of matters such as contractual arrangements between health insurers and health care providers, resulting in the very confusion which the trial judge sought to avoid in his proper application of Rule 403, SCRE.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In our view the likelihood of misuse by the jury clearly outweighs the value of this evidence. Insofar as the evidence bears on the issue of malingering, there will generally be other evidence having more probative value and involving less likelihood of prejudice than the receipt of a disability pension.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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