Topic: if a change should be made, it is for the legislature, and … · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 12 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 Liff v. Schildkrout.

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1 Liff v. Schildkrout Anchor
ny · 1980
green “if a change should be made, it is for the legislature, and not the courts, to make” 3
2 Valicenti v. Valenze
ny · 1986
green “may consider both the evidence of the support decedent provided to the claimants before his death and evidence of the support the claimants could reasonably have expected but for his death” 3
3 Milbrandt v. A.P. Green Refractories Co.
ny · 1992
green “the court shall enter judgment in lump sum for past damages, for future damages not in excess of 250,000, and for any damages, fees or costs payable in lump sum or otherwise under subdivisions (c) and (d) of this section.” 3
4 Motelson v. Ford Motor Co.
nyappdiv · 2012
green “may be based upon the decedent's age, character, earning capacity, and life expectancy, and the circumstances of the distributees” 3

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