Wilson v. Stilwill’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
5 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 29 later decisions — most recently June 2018 · most notably 130 Ill. App. 3d 457 - Lebrecht v. Tuli (1985), 102 Ill. 2d 402 - Sears v. Rutishauser (1984)
5 federal appellate · 21 state decisions
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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 29 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““An expert witness’s experience testifying in court may influence the manner in which he or she testifies. The same is true for experience in evaluating cases which may come to court. It is thus proper to bring out on cross-examination the number of times a witness testifies in court, or is involved in particular types of cases. * * * A showing of a pattern of testimony for a particular attorney in past cases raises a possible inference that the witness has testified in such a manner that he would be hired in future cases.” 411 Mich. 587, 599-600 , 309 N.W.2d 898, 902 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(1) [t]he event must be of a kind which ordinarily does not occur in the absence of someone’s negligence[,] (2) [t]he event must have been caused by an agency or instrumentality within the exclusive control of the defendant!]] (3) [t]he event must not have been due to any voluntary action or contribution on the part of the plaintiff[, and] (4) [e]vidence of the true explanation of the event must be more readily accessible to the defendant than to the plaintiff. ■”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In general, where a professional relationship exists, the differentiation between a ... malpractice claim and an ordinary negligence claim depends on “whether the facts allegedly raise issues that are within the common knowledge and experience of the jury, or, alternatively, raise questions involving [professional] judgment.””
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.