40 N.C. App. 63 - Joyner v. Thomas’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
July 1986
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Helms v. Rea · Whitaker v. Earnhardt · Mezzanotte v. Freeland · Higgins v. Builders & Finance, Inc. · 20 N.C. App. 1 - Higgins v. BUILDERS AND FINANCE INCORPORATED
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“This cause coming on to be heard before the undersigned Judge without a jury upon Motion by Defendant at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, pursuant to Rule 41 of the Rules of Civil Procedure, for failure to show a right to relief; and the Court, having heard the evidence, finds as a fact that the plaintiff’s evidence fails to establish the reasonableness and necessity of a sum certain for medical expenses incurred by the defendant, Virginia R. Brown, and the plaintiff’s evidence further fails to establish the reasonableness and necessity of identifiable medical services incurred by the defendant, Virginia R. Brown. WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing findings of fact, the Court concludes as a matter of law that the Motion of Defendant, Jimmie L. Brown, should be allowed. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that Judgment of Dismissal be entered against the plaintiff and that it be taxed with the cost of this action. G.S. 1A-1, Rule 41(b) provides in pertinent part as follows: After the plaintiff, in an action tried by the court without a jury, has completed the presentation of his evidence, the defendant. . . may move for a dismissal on the ground that upon the facts and the law the plaintiff has shown no right to relief. The court as trier of the facts may then determine them and render judgment against the plaintiff or may decline to render any judgment until the close of the evidence. If the court renders judgment on the merits against the plaintiff, the court s”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.