Wilson v. Nelson

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “[j]urors should render their verdict on the basis of -4- J-A23032-19 deductions from the evidence presented and not on the basis of some calculation, independently proposed and arrived at by trial counsel.”
• stating that trial court did not err in requiring, during closing arguments, plaintiff’s counsel to remove a chart depicting dollar figures for various damages, because the proposed figure for loss of future wages was unsupported by evidence
• considering loss of future damages in calculating a damages award

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Botek v. Mine Safety Appliance Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 70×
• Walton v. Avco Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-28· cited 42×
• Bortner v. Gladfelter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-06· cited 40×
• AUSTIN v. Harnish
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-04-03· cited 18×
• Guidry v. Johns-Manville Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-09-01· cited 16×
• Dougherty v. Sadsbury Township
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-14· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Ayala
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-03· cited 16×
• Atene v. Lawrence
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 16×
• Palmer v. Brest
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 14×
• Nelson, D. v. Airco Welders Supply
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-23· cited 14×
• Link v. Highway Express Lines, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 13×
• Boyd v. Hertz Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-09-21· cited 12×
• McIntyre v. Clark
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-06-03· cited 11×
• Poltorak v. Sandy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 11×
• Cooley v. Jefferson Bank
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-07-22· cited 10×
• Catalano v. Bujak
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-01· cited 7×
• Williams v. Pepsi-Cola Metropolitan Bottling Co.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-06-28· cited 5×
• Corl v. Corl
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-15· cited 4×
• Happel v. Johnson
  Northampton County Court of Common Pleas· 1972-12-26
• Hill v. Pennsylvania Hospital
  Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1974-10-29

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Elza v. Chovan
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1959-05-28· cited 120×
• Austin v. Ridge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-06-27· cited 97×
• Paustenbaugh v. Ward Baking Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1953-06-26· cited 50×
• Zeman v. Canonsburg Borough
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-11-15· cited 49×
• Kralik v. Cromwell
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-11-11· cited 30×
• Frontage, Inc. v. Allegheny County
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-12-03· cited 8×