84 N.C. App. 598 - Cherry v. Harrell’s Empirical Analysis

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26 state decisions

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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. “[EJxpert may testify in terms of opinion or inference and give his reasons therefor [sic] without prior disclosure of the underlying facts or data, unless an adverse party requests otherwise .... The expert may in any event be required to disclose the underlying facts or data on cross-examination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 101 N.C. App. 71 - State v. Brown · 92 N.C. App. 50 - State v. Fletcher

2. “If scientific, technical or other specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill, experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 204 N.C. App. 357 - State v. Brunson

3. “[W]hile the existence of other possible causes of plaintiff’s [injury] might reduce the weight accorded [the expert’s] opinion, we hold such other possibilities do not alone render his opinion inadmissible. ,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 156 N.C. App. 42 - Johnson v. Piggly Wiggly of Pinetops, Inc.