International Surplus Lines Insurance Company, an Illinois Corporation v. Marsh & McLennan Incorporated, a Delaware Corporation, and Marsh & McLennan Incorporated, a Virginia Corporation v. City of Richmond, a Municipal Corporation, Third Party’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

7 federal appellate · 3 district · 9 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 36 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In Virginia, only the slightest injury is required to start the running of the limitations period ... It is of no consequence that the amount of damages [is] not ascertainable until a later date.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Guy R. Detrick Donna Detrick Fast Forward, Incorporated, and Northeast Container Corporation v. Panalpina, Incorporated Panalpina Air Freight, Incorporated Multi-Modal Freight Systems, Incorporated Multi-Modal Freight Systems of Virginia Sylvan Friedman, and American Motor Lines, Incorporated Baltimore Freightways, Incorporated Blue Star Freight Lines, Incorporated General Motor Lines, Incorporated Hagerstown Motor Express, Incorporated Jennifer Motor Express, Incorporated Maryland Transport and Storage Company Mills Trucking, Incorporated National Motor Lines, Incorporated New Windsor Express, Incorporated South Carolina Motor Express, Incorporated Tidewater Trucking Company, Incorporated U.S. Motor Express, Incorporated U.S. Transport Group Vista Motor Express, Incorporated John Does, 1-10, Guy R. Detrick Donna Detrick Fast Forward, Incorporated, and Northeast Container Corporation v. Panalpina, Incorporated Panalpina Air Freight, Incorporated, and Multi-Modal Freight Systems, Incorporated Multi-Modal Freight Systems of Virginia Sylvan Friedman American Motor Lines, Incorporated Baltimore Freightways, Incorporated Blue Star Freight Lines, Incorporated General Motor Lines, Incorporated Hagerstown Motor Express, Incorporated Jennifer Motor Express, Incorporated Maryland Transport and Storage Company Mills Trucking, Incorporated National Motor Lines, Incorporated New Windsor Express, Incorporated South Carolina Motor Express, Incorporated Tidewater Trucking Company, Incorporated U.S. Motor Express, Incorporated U.S. Transport Group Vista Motor Express, Incorporated John Does, 1-10 · Detrick

2. “where an injury, though slight, is sustained in consequence of the wrongful or negligent act of another and the law affords a remedy therefor, the statute of limitations attaches at once. It is not material that all the damages resulting from the act should have been sustained at the time and the running of the statute is not postponed by the fact that the actual or substantial damages do not occur until a later date.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Detrick v. Panalpina, Inc.

3. “whether there is a special contractual relationship between the parties that gives rise to an implied right to indemnification”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Sea King Corp. v. Eimskip Logistics, Inc.