Leubner v. Sterner’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. “which affords a reasonable basis for one to conclude that it is more likely than not that [respondent’s] conduct was a substantial factor in bringing about the result. * * * Proof of causation cannot rest on conjecture and the mere possibility of such causation is not enough to sustain [appellant’s] burden of proof. * * * Furthermore, when the causal relation issue is not one within the common knowledge of laymen, causation in fact cannot be determined without expert testimony.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Fabio v. Bellomo