Gillchrest v. Brown’s Empirical Analysis

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2 district · 13 state decisions

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

1. “The limit of liability shown in the Declarations for “each person” for Bodily Injury [accidental harm] Liability is our maximum limit of liability for all damages for bodily injury [accidental harm] sustained by any one person in any one auto accident. Subject to this limit for “each person[,]” the limit of liability shown in the Declarations for “each accident” for Bodily Injury [accidental harm] Liability is our maximum limit of liability for all damages for bodily injury [accidental harm] resulting from any one auto accident.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i v. Lawrence

2. “The $20,000 limitation covers “all damages for bodily injury [accidental harm] sustained by any one person.” Simple analysis of that language leads to only one interpretation: the phrase “sustained by any one person” modifies the immediately preceding words “bodily injury [accidental harm],” and not the earlier words “all damages.” Thus, the “each person” limits should be read to apply to “all damages arising out of the bodily injury [accidental harm] that is sustained by any one person.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. First Insurance Co. of Hawai'i v. Lawrence

3. “[The wife's] loss of consortium arises out of, and is derivative from, the bodily injury sustained by her husband.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 572 So. 2d 850 - McCoy v. Colonial Baking Co. Inc.