Solnosky v. Goodwell’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 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 6 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “(1) employment of an attorney, which creates a duty to the client; (2) failure of the attorney to exercise ordinary skill and knowledge (breach of duty); and (3) that such negligence was the proximate cause of (4) damage to the plaintiff.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Reiswerg v. Statom

2. “If there is evidence that would allow reasonable people to differ as to the result, judgment on the evidence is improper.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Golden Corral Corporation v. Kristina M. Lenart

3. “available only where the evidence is insufficient to support the verdict as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brett Carney v. Fernando Patino, Jr.