Stratton v. Webb’s Empirical Analysis
1987
Citation profile
10 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently April 2012
10 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Dennis v. Prisock · 451 So. 2d 694 - Jesco, Inc. v. Shannon · 462 So. 2d 330 - Pittman v. Hodges · 458 So. 2d 736 - Jackson v. Brumfield · Dennis v. Prisock
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Any witness is competent to testify who has evidentiary facts within his personal knowledge, gained through any of his senses. A nonprofessional witness may describe personal injuries. Physical pain, weakness, exhaustion and the like are matters one may testify about.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“[W]hen a party takes the witness stand and exhibits bills for examination by the court and testifies that said bills were incurred as a result of the injuries complained of, they become prima facie evidence that the bills so paid or incurred were necessary and reasonable. However, the opposing party may, if desired, rebut the necessity and reasonableness of the bills by proper evidence. The ultimate questions is then for the jury to determine. [Emphasis added]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“It is apparent that the trial judge gave consideration to the total circumstances, including the aggravating effect of the subsequent injuries in this case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.