Sullivan v. McGraw’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““The declaration avers negligence on the part of defendant in operating upon the left, instead of the right, leg. We think the court below was not in error in saying that the only question in the case for determination was whether or not the defendant was negligent in operating upon the wrong leg. That is the averment in the declaration, and the only case which the plaintiff’s proofs tended to establish. We cannot, however, agree with the court below that there was no evidence tending to establish that fact. Plaintiff had put himself under the care of the defendant, and, as -he says, for the purpose of an operation upon his right leg. According to plaintiff’s statement, the doctor knew which leg was to be operated upon.” (p. 43.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hershey v. Peake