Rambo v. Lawson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

4 district · 13 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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[the mother has her own action for negligently inflicted injury, in which the circumstances of her pregnancy and miscarriage may be brought out and considered as part of intangible damages.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bolin v. Wingert · Breece v. Lugo

2. “Rules of statutory construction should never be applied so as to defeat the purpose of the statute. The viability standard is not in the plain language of the statute; it is not consistent with the common law; it is incongruous with reason.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Connor v. Monkem Co., Inc.

3. “We do not believe that it is necessary to extend the definition of “person” beyond the O’Grady standard in order to serve the purposes of the wrongful death statute, or to compensate the plaintiffs adequately for their loss.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Connor v. Monkem Co., Inc.