Paul v. Bier’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

3 district · 8 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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[although there can be no doubt that it was in Dr. Bier’s interest even prior to GWU’s settlement to separate [his] responsibility from that of GWU if it could have reduced his potential liability to Paul as a result, Dr. Bier may have considered that the most effective defense with the jury was one that denied all liability on his part and attempted to minimize the injury alleged by Paul.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. George Washington University v. Bier

2. “The right of contribution does not arise without a finding that the party seeking contribution is a joint tortfeasor along with the party from whom contribution is sought.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 332 F. Supp. 3d 220 - Parker v. John Moriarty & Assocs. of Va., LLC