Zimmer, Inc. v. Birnbaum’s Empirical Analysis
2000
Citation profile
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Colonial Stores, Inc. v. Scarbrough · 383 So. 2d 618 - Whitman v. Castlewood Intern. Corp. · 297 So. 2d 293 - Allstate Insurance Company v. Vanater · 748 So. 2d 260 - Barth v. Khubani
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.
“When a general verdict for the plaintiff is on review, the rule is applied by focusing on the causes of action, such that an appellate claim of error raised by the defendant as to one cause of action cannot be the basis for reversal where two or more theories of liability (or causes of action) were presented to the jury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“where there is no proper objection to the use of a general verdict, reversal is improper where no error is found as to one of two issues submitted to the jury on the basis that the appellant is unable to establish that he has been prejudiced.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.