State v. Young’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 federal appellate · 9 state decisions

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

1. ““To expect Young to have deduced the element of causation on March 1 in order that the statute of limitations would start to run on that date, as defendant argues, would ‘impose an unfair burden, if not an impossible requirement’ upon Young. The elements of a claim under the Colorado Governmental Immunity Act may not become known to a plaintiff in an order as neat and logical as they might be set out in a complaint or proven at trial. We therefore hold that there must be a reasonable opportunity for a claimant to discover the basic and material facts underlying a claim before she is duty-bound to give the statutory notice required by section 24-10-109(1).””

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Trinity Broadcasting of Denver, Inc. v. City of Westminster · Miller v. Mountain Valley Ambulance Service, Inc.

2. “allow an aggrieved party to wait to file its action until all of the elements of the claim mature.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Rice v. En Albino · Trinity Broadcasting of Denver, Inc. v. City of Westminster

3. ““[Section] 24-10-109(2)(b), C.R.S.1973, requires that the notice contain a concise statement of the basis of the claim. Obviously, this cannot be done until knowledge of the cause of injury is received. “The test to be used by a trier of fact, in situations where the knowledge of the injury and the knowledge of the causal factors of the injury are not simultaneously perceivable, is when the injured party discovered, or in the exercise of reasonable diligence, should have discovered the injury and its basis as a claim.””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miller v. Mountain Valley Ambulance Service, Inc.