Hayes v. Decker’s Empirical Analysis
2001
Citation profile
20
cited by 20 later decisions
1
states following
May 2019
most recently cited
20 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Paul v. A. Levy & J. Zentner Co. · Connecticut v. Porter · Goodrich v. Waterbury Republican-American, Inc. · State v. Kelly
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“It is well settled that the trier of fact can disbelieve any or all of the evidence proffered . . . including expert testimony, and construe such evidence in a manner different from the parties' assertions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“An opinion, by definition, consists of [e]vidence of what the witness thinks, believes, or infers in regard to facts in dispute.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[T]he jury is free to accept or reject each expert's opinion in whole or in part.”
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.