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6 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 37 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co..

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1 Brown v. American Transfer & Storage Co. Anchor
tex · 1980
green “if payment is within the collateral source rule, the principle forbidding more than one recovery for the same loss is not applicable.” 9
2 Johnson v. Dallas County
texapp · 2006
green “the collateral source rule is both a rule of evidence and damages.” 7
3 Acuar v. Letourneau
va · 2000
green “whether a tort victim has received benefits from a collateral source that cannot be used to reduce the amount of damages owed by a tortfeasor.” 6
4 Sarah Sweep v. Lear Jet Corporation
ca5 · 1969
green “the injured party is more justly entitled to it than the wrongdoer.” 5
5 Traders & General Insurance Company v. Reed
texapp · 1964
green “no abatement of damages on the ground of partial compensation can properly be made where the evidence shows funds have been received from a collateral source, independent of the defendant” 5
6 Bradshaw v. Baylor University
tex · 1935
green “to but one satisfaction for the injuries sustained by him.” 5

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