Mathis v. Ammons’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The existence of liability insurance does not remove the obligation of the parent to cooperate with the insurer, an obligation which will often place a parent who is seeking honestly to cooperate, and his child, in adversary roles_ Assuming, for example, that there are differing versions of the facts of an accident, the public display of disagreement and accusation can only weaken the bond between parent and child. In such a situation, the parent’s obligation to the insurer cannot be “faithfully complied with without disturbing the family relationship which the policy of the law seeks to preserve.... ” The parent may find himself forced to choose between his child’s interests and his obligations to the courts. For this reason, ‘The existence of liability insurance does not remove the inherent danger of the destruction of the parent-child relationship” inherent in the setting of a tort action. (Citations omitted).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Schlessinger v. Schlessinger Ex Rel. Schlessinger