667 So. 2d 894 - Ding v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

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5 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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “It is also clear that the purpose of this provision in the current version of the Wrongful Death Act enacted in 1972, was to eliminate the multiplicity of suits that resulted from each survivor bringing an independent action under the predecessor act.”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 888 So. 2d 102 - Saia Motor Freight Line, Inc. v. Reid · 786 So. 2d 1247 - Wiggins v. Estate of Wright

2. “At the outset, we recognize that under substantive law the decedent's survivors are the real parties in interest. Nonetheless, the Legislature has mandated that a decedent's personal representative is the party `who shall recover for the benefit of the decedent's survivors and estate all damages ....'”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 800 So. 2d 631 - FLA. EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS-KANG & ASSOCIATES v. Parker · 786 So. 2d 1247 - Wiggins v. Estate of Wright

3. “Even though a wrongful death action must be brought by the personal representative of the estate as a nominal party on behalf of the surviving spouse, the real party in interest is the surviving spouse.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 800 So. 2d 631 - FLA. EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS-KANG & ASSOCIATES v. Parker · 786 So. 2d 1247 - Wiggins v. Estate of Wright