Adams v. Miller’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

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

1. “Jurisdictions which have refused to recognize recovery for loss of parental consortium have usually done so out of a fear of multiplicity of actions, the difficulty of assessing damages, the fear of double recovery or the burden which might be placed on society. However, all of these concerns are outweighed by the need to protect children.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Giuliani v. Guiler

2. “Kentucky’s wrongful death statute is not a survivor’s loss statute, so it does not provide a basis for extending a right of recovery for minor children for loss of parental care.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Giuliani v. Guiler

3. “this value is already recoverable in the recognized category of mental suffering. There is no need to allow for the recoupment of hedonic damages as a separate category of loss.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 556 F. Supp. 2d 665 - In Re Air Crash at Lexington Ky, August 27, 2006