Huber’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 district · 1 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 47 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “If there is no conflict, then the district court sitting in diversity may refer interchangeably to the laws of the states whose laws potentially apply.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Plavin v. Grp. Health Inc. · 683 F. Supp. 2d 368 - Utica Mutual Insurance v. Rohm & Haas Co.

2. “This Court finds that plaintiffs have failed to present evidence from which a reasonable person could conclude that defendants alleged non-disclosures proximately caused any plaintiff to accept settlements they would not have otherwise accepted. Rather, the evidence shows that plaintiffs either were given or had direct access to such information but chose to remain unaware, and at best did not recall basic facts surrounding when, where and if they read the documentation presented to them explaining the settlement. Y. CONCLUSION As highlighted above, plaintiffs assert numerous torts, both intentional and unintentional, against defendant attorneys — all of which require plaintiffs to establish the essential elements of duty, breach, cause and harm. Even assuming for sake of argument that plaintiffs can show that defendant attorneys owed certain duties to them and breached the duties owed to them, plaintiffs have failed to present evidence creating a material issue of fact regarding whether defendant attorneys’ alleged misconduct proximately caused them harm, nor have they presented evidence regarding any actual harm suffered by them. Therefore, defendant attorneys’ motion for summary judgment will be granted and plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment will be denied.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Huber v. Taylor

3. “After each of the settlement agreements was negotiated, the Northerners [plaintiffs] received various disclosures. These disclosures were made by Local Counsel and by Parapro Enterprises, Inc., a paralegal service [who, it is undisputed, worked out of the offices of Local Counsel] associated with Taylor. The Northerners were presented with a release, a check, and a disbursement sheet. The release was explained orally to Northerners by Parapro paralegals. The disclosures did not reveal the settlements’ material terms or the nature of Defendants’ involvement in the cases. The written disclosures stated that further information about the settlements was available on request. The record does not state whether any of the Plaintiffs sought to avail themselves of this information. [FN 9] FN9 Plaintiffs have introduced evidence that neither the Parapro paralegals nor Local Counsel were themselves aware of the full terms of the settlements or even had access to the complete settlement agreements.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Huber v. Taylor