Thrailkill v. Patterson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 12 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(d) Findings of Fact in Civil Actions. Unless otherwise required by statute, review of findings of fact by the trial court in civil actions shall be de novo upon the record of the trial court, accompanied by a presumption of the correctness of the finding, unless the preponderance of the evidence is otherwise. Findings of fact by a jury in civil actions shall be set aside only if there is no material evidence to support the verdict.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coffey v. Fayette Tubular Products · United Brake Systems, Inc. v. American Environmental Protection, Inc.

2. “'unless it is evident that he failed to keep the jury within reasonable bounds' ") (citation omitted) 9 The defendants also argue that the expert's consumption figures were incorrect, because the evidence showed that York received public assistance and was therefore consuming all of her income. However, because we believe that this argument relies on the success of their argument regarding the use of average figures, we will not address it separately 10 The evidence showed that York was conscious while being extracted from her car and that she screamed afterward. She remained conscious while being transported to the hospital via helicopter, and asked for help. Upon arrival at the hospital, York was heard to scream "Oh my God,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Geneva Tatum, by Her Next Friend and Father, Chester Tatum v. Harold W. Land, North Arkansas Wholesale Co., Inc., and Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.