Weiss v. Bergen’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
24
cited by 24 later decisions
1
states following
April 2010
most recently cited
24 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Childs v. Bainer · Wichers v. Hatch · Parasco v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.
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 24 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The only practical test to apply to a verdict is whether the award of damages falls somewhere within the necessarily uncertain limits of fair and reasonable compensation in the particular case, or whether the verdict so shocks the sense of justice as to compel CT Page 14191 the conclusion that the jury [was] influenced by partiality, mistake or corruption.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“(Internal quotation marks omitted.) Wichers v. Hatch , 252 Conn. 174 , 189 , 745 A.2d 789 (2000).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The amount of damages awarded is a matter peculiarly within the province of the jury. . . .”
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.