Cheadle v. Francois’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

10 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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The basic law is that the limits of the uninsured motorist coverage shall be the same as the limits of bodily injury coverage unless “any insured named in the policy shall reject in writing the coverage or selects lower limits.” Further, the insurer carries the burden of proving that any insured named in the policy rejected in writing the coverage equal to bodily injury coverage or selected lower limits. Aramburo v. The Travelers Insurance Company, 426 So.2d 260 (La.App. 4 Cir.1983) [writ denied 433 So.2d 161 (La.1983), modified on other grounds 438 So.2d 274 (La.App. 4th Cir.1983), writ denied 443 So.2d 1110 (La.1983)]. Furthermore, The selection of lower UM limits must be an affirmative act by the insured and in order for the insured to select different limits, a choice of limits must be made available. Aramburo [infra]; Duhe v. Maryland Casualty Company, 434 So.2d 1193 (La.App. 1st Cir.1983).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Wills v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.