Brock v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
March 1984
most recently cited
2 federal appellate ·
Most-quoted passages
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“[i]t is recognized [under New York law] that there is no magic or precise mathematical formula for computing damages in a case of this kind and, since an award [for wrongful death] must be based upon intangible pecuniary losses, it is not surprising that differences of opinion occur. Each case is necessarily different.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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