Maddox v. Keen’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Waiver is generally understood to be the intentional relinquishment of a known right, power or privilege. Waiver occurs when there is an existing right, a knowledge of its existence and an actual intention to relinquish it or conduct so inconsistent with the intent to enforce the right as to induce a reasonable belief that it has been relinquished. A waiver may apply to any provision of an insurance contract, even though this may have the effect of bringing within coverage risks originally excluded or not covered.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 570 - Spurs v. Farmers Insurance Exchange

2. “The doctrine of equitable estoppel is designed to prevent a miscarriage of justice by preventing one from taking a position contrary to his prior acts, admissions, representations, or silences when another has changed his position in detrimental reliance thereon.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 867 So. 2d 819 - Delesdernier v. LA. HEALTH SERV. AND INDEM.

3. “In Louisiana, the doctrine of equitable es-toppel applies to situations where an insurer's custom of accepting overdue premiums reasonably leads an insured to believe his policy will remain in effect even though he has not paid the premiums when due.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 870 So. 2d 570 - Spurs v. Farmers Insurance Exchange