New York Court of Appeals· 1/10/1899
Laidlaw v. . Sage
Citations
- 52 N.E. 679
- 158 N.Y. 73
- 1899 N.Y. LEXIS 650
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Evidence of the wealth of a party is never admissible, directly or otherwise, unless in those exceptional cases, where position or wealth is necessarily involved in determining the damages sustained.”
- “The doctrine of proximate cause is a fundamental rule of the law of damages …. That the prin- ciple of proximate cause is applicable in an action for tort seems to be established by all the au- thorities[.]”
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Judges: Gray, Martin, Parker
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117 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,500 David L. Goodman v. Sidney EpsteinSeventh Circuit· 1978-09-25· cited 122×
- Cole v. German Savings & Loan Soc.Eighth Circuit· 1903-07-23· cited 94×
- Moody v. Gufl Refining Co.Tennessee Supreme Court· 1919-12-15· cited 83×
- Leidholt v. District Court in and for City and County of DenverSupreme Court of Colorado· 1980-11-24· cited 82×
- Rupert v. SellersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1975-06-06· cited 75×
- St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. MillsSupreme Court· 1926-05-24· cited 69×
- Union Electric Light & Power Co. v. Snyder Estate Co.Eighth Circuit· 1933-04-24· cited 68×
- Rider v. Syracuse Rapid Transit Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals· 1902-05-13· cited 68×
- Claim of Miller v. National Cabinet Co.New York Court of Appeals· 1960-07-08· cited 54×
- Campen v. StoneWyoming Supreme Court· 1981-10-21· cited 47×
- Henderson v. DreyfusNew Mexico Supreme Court· 1919-05-08· cited 45×
- Downey v. Union Trust Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1942-11-30· cited 43×
- Tesser v. Board Of Education Of The City School District Of The City Of New YorkSecond Circuit· 2004-05-27· cited 41×
- In re the Estate of McCaffertyNew York Surrogate's Court· 1933-04-12· cited 36×
- Genovay v. FoxNew Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1958-06-16· cited 34×
- Cassidy v. . UhlmannNew York Court of Appeals· 1902-04-08· cited 32×
- In re the Estate of AdrianceNew York Surrogate's Court· 1932-10-31· cited 30×
- Koch v. FoxAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1902-04-15· cited 28×
- Best v. StateAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 1922-11-15· cited 28×
- Rodriguez v. TraylorSupreme Court of Louisiana· 1985-05-14· cited 25×
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