135 N.C. App. 423 - Marley v. Graper’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

18 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “if the standard of care for Greensboro matched the highest standard in the country, [defendant's] treatment of [plaintiff] met that standard; if the standard of care in Greensboro was lower, [defendant's] treatment of [plaintiff] exceeded the area standard.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 145 N.C. App. 208 - Henry v. Southeastern Ob-Gyn Associates, P.A.

2. “`an appellate court should not disturb a discretionary Rule 59 order unless it is reasonably convinced by the cold record that the trial judge's ruling probably amounted to a substantial miscarriage of justice'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 164 N.C. App. 534 - Daniel v. Moore

3. “if the standard of care for a given procedure is `the same across the country, an expert witness familiar with that standard may testify despite his lack of familiarity with the defendant's community[.]'”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 145 N.C. App. 208 - Henry v. Southeastern Ob-Gyn Associates, P.A.