Palmer v. Jensen’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 52 later decisions — most recently May 2018 · most notably Alcoa v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co. (2000), 138 Wash. App. 151 - Stephens v. Omni Ins. Co. (2007)
52 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on 122 Wash. 2d 299 - Washington State Physicians Insurance Exchange & Ass'n v. Fisons Corp. · 70 Wash. 2d 173 - Cox v. Charles Wright Academy, Inc. · 65 Wash. 2d 421 - Baxter v. Greyhound Corp. · 96 Wash. 2d 659 - Wooldridge v. Woolett · 72 Wash. App. 632 - Krivanek v. Fibreboard Corp.
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 52 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(5) Damages so excessive or inadequate as unmistakably to indicate that the verdict must have been the result of passion or prejudice; (7) That there is no evidence or reasonable inference from the evidence to justify the verdict or the decision, or that it is contrary to law; (9) That substantial justice has not been done.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“courts are reluctant to interfere with a jury's damage award when fairly made”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“A much stronger showing of abuse of discretion will be required to set aside an order granting a new trial than an order denying one because the denial of a new trial `concludes [the parties'] rights.'”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.