Ruffo v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 federal appellate · 14 state decisions

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

1. ““Matters of pain and suffering, and future pain and suffering, are necessarily speculative, and it is peculiarly within the province of the jury to resolve these matters and set the amount of such damages. Here the extent of the injury from this very minor collision is based almost entirely upon the testimony of appellants. Their credibility and the weight to be given their testimony are questions within the province of the jury. We cannot say from an examination of this record that inadequate damages were awarded either appellant or that the finding of the jury as to the amount awarded either is so against the great weight and preponderance of the evidence as to be manifestly unjust. Armstead v. Harvey, 390 S.W.2d 871 (Tex.Civ.App.—Texarkana 1965, no writ) ; Harbuck v. Ramos, 371 S.W.2d 912 (Tex.Civ.App.—Waco 1963, no writ); Williams v. Macatee, Inc., 371 S.W.2d 736 (Tex.Civ.App.—Fort Worth 1963, no writ); McDonald, Texas Civil Practice, § 18.15.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Guckian v. Fowler