K.E. v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

2 district · 16 state decisions

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

1. “[T]he statute plainly reflects awareness of the difficulty sexual abuse victims have in identifying and recognizing their injuries immediately.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Koenig v. Lambert · Cosgriffe v. Cosgriffe

2. “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a plaintiff whose claim is otherwise time-barred has until August 1, 1990, to commence a cause of action for damages based on personal injury caused by sexual abuse if the plaintiff proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the plaintiff consulted an attorney to investigate a cause of action for damages based on personal injury caused by sexual abuse within two years of the time the plaintiff knew or had reason to know that the injury was caused by the sexual abuse.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sarafolean v. Kauffman

3. “within six years of the time plaintiff knew or had reason to know that the injury was caused by the sexual abuse.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Green v. Sawdey