Hill v. Tuttle’s Empirical Analysis

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

1. “Is it possible to read and savor the language of these cases [defining the collateral source rule] and not come to the inescapable conclusion that any benefit bought and paid for by the injured party will not be used to reduce the damages owed by the tortfeasor. The answer is clearly, no. Common sense and stare decisis compel this result.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kelly v. Thomasson

2. “the extent of [the Defendant’s] liability is not to be measured by deducting financial benefits received by the plaintiff from collateral sources.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kelly v. Thomasson