593 So. 2d 67 - Brewer v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis

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8 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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““All legal service liability actions against a legal service provider must be commenced within two years after the act or omission or failure giving rise to the claim, and not afterwards; provided, that if the cause of action is not discovered and could not reasonably have been discovered within such period, then the action may be commenced within six months from the date of such discovery or the date of discovery of facts which would reasonably lead to such discovery, whichever is earlier; provided, further, that in no event may the action be commenced more than four years after such act or omission or failure; except, that an act or omission or failure giving rise to a claim which occurred before August 1, 1987, shall not in any event be barred until the expiration of one year from such date.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 849 F. Supp. 1503 - Kachler v. Taylor

2. “"In this case, unlike Michael v. Beasley , supra, the jury returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiffs and the plaintiffs sustained no loss or injury until this Court reversed the trial court's judgment and overruled the application."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 628 So. 2d 543 - Cantrell v. Stewart

3. “[T]he time limits in the LSLA are to be measured from the date of the accrual of the cause of action and not from the date of the occurrence of the act or omission.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 674 So. 2d 1285 - Russell v. Burnham, Klinefelter, Halsey, Jones & Cater, PC