813 So. 2d 971 - Lucas v. Calhoun’s Empirical Analysis

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25 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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “The rule intends for a proposal for judgment to be as specific as possible, leaving no ambiguities so that the recipient can fully evaluate its terms and conditions. Furthermore, if accepted, the proposal should be capable of execution without the need for judicial interpretation. Proposals for settlement are intended to end judicial labor, not create more.”

   8 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. POLO HOLDINGS v. Village of Wellington · Anhloan Tran v. Anvil Iron Works, Inc.

2. “bodily injury and resulting pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement, mental anguish, loss of capacity for the enjoyment of life, expense of hospitalization in the past and/or future, medical and nursing care and treatment in the past and/or future, past lost wages, loss of future earning capabilities ... and/or aggravation of a previously existing condition.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Miley v. Nash

3. “state the total amount of the proposal and state with particularity all nonmonetary terms of the proposal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 819 So. 2d 267 - Jamieson v. Kurland