598 So. 2d 676 - Mathieu v. STATE, DOTD’s Empirical Analysis
1992
Citation profile
1 district · 23 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 25 later decisions — most recently August 2017 · most notably 466 F. Supp. 2d 229 - Estate of Heiser v. Islamic Republic of Iran (2006), Sledge v. Continental Cas. Co. (1994)
1 district · 23 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 Sinitiere v. Lavergne · 419 So. 2d 853 - LeBlanc v. State · Pierre v. Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital · Bourgeois v. Puerto Rican Marine Management, Inc. · 535 So. 2d 723 - Ingram v. Caterpillar MacHinery Corp.
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 25 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Elements of damage for wrongful death are loss of love and affection, loss of services, loss of support, medical expenses and funeral expenses. Damages for wrongful death are intended to compensate the victim's beneficiaries for their compensable injuries following the victim's moment of death.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“for pain and suffering are properly awarded if there is a scintilla of evidence of any pre-death pain or suffering by the victim.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“The facts of this case are especially tragic. Mr. Mathieu was killed on his birthday. The family was and is extremely close. His widow and children were devastated by his sudden death ... the lingering sadness and loss were quite evident to the court. Mr. Mathieu unselfishly gave of his love and support to his family and friends. They in turn felt true affection and respect for him.”
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.