Ratlief v. Yokum

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[B]e-cause of the doctrine’s interrelationship with the issue of proximate cause ... the better course would be to abolish the use of the last clear chance for the plaintiff’
• “The collateral source rule excludes] evidence of other compensation on the theory that such evidence would affect the jury's judg-, ment unfavorably to the plaintiff on the issues of liability and damages.” (internal quotations omitted
• “The collateral source rule normally operates to preclude the offsetting of payments made by health and accident insurance companies or other collateral sources as against the damages claimed by the injured party.”
• “The collateral source rule exclud[es] evidence of other compensation on the theory that such evidence would affect the jury’s judgment unfavorably to the plaintiff on the issues of liability and damages.” (internal quotations omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).