Higgins v. Koch Development Corp.’s Empirical Analysis
794 F.3d 697 · 2015
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · O'Conner v. Commonwealth Edison Co. · United States v. Hall · Gayton v. McCoy · Best v. Lowe's Home Centers, Inc.
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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]hen a plaintiff suffers from a broken leg or a gash when hit by a vehicle, he doesn't need to produce expert testimony.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(a) the expert's scientific, technical, or other specialized knowledge will help the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue; (b) the testimony is based on sufficient facts or data; (c) the testimony is the product of reliable principles and methods; and (d) the expert has reliably applied the principles and methods to the facts of the case.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“questions of medical causation of a particular injury are questions of science necessarily dependent on the testimony of physicians and surgeons learned in such matters.”
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.