5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 44 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 Krauss, C. v. Trane US Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krauss, C. v. Trane US Inc. Anchor | green | “duty to prevent questions from going to the jury which would require it to reach a verdict based on conjecture, surmise, guess or speculation.” | 19 |
| 2 | Wilson v. A.P. Green Industries, Inc. | green | “ideally, a plaintiff or a witness will be able to directly testify that plaintiff breathed in asbestos fibers and that those fivers came from defendant's product.” | 13 |
| 3 | Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts, Inc. | green | “frequency, regularity, and proximity” | 5 |
| 4 | Gregg v. VJ Auto Parts, Inc. | green | “it is appropriate for courts, at the summary judgment stage, to make a reasoned assessment concerning whether, in the light of the evidence concerning frequency, regularity, and proximity of a plaintiff's or decedent's asserted exposure, a jury would be entitled to make the nece…” | 4 |
| 5 | Gutteridge v. A.P. Green Services, Inc. | green | “plaintiff must establish more than mere presence of asbestos in the workplace; he must prove that he worked in a vicinity in which a specific manufacturer's product was used.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.