167 W. Va. 532 - Renner v. Asli’s Empirical Analysis

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19 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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “`A motion for summary judgment should be granted only when it is clear that there is no genuine issue of fact to be tried and inquiry concerning the facts is not desirable to clarify the application of the law.' Syllabus Point 3, Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Federal Insurance Co. of New York, 148 W.Va. 160 , 133 S.E.2d 770 (1963).”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Morgantown v. W. VA. UNIV. MEDICAL CORP. · 171 W. Va. 12 - Price v. Bennett

2. “The central malpractice question was whether an earlier operation on the ulnar nerve would have prevented the plaintiff’s subsequent claw-like hand and loss of her fifth finger. Until plaintiff was informed that a prompt operation on the unlar nerve would have prevented her claw-like hand and subsequent amputation of her fifth finger, she had not ‘discovered’ the malpractice. There is no conclusive information on this fact in discovery material and consequently summary judgment was inappropriate.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 189 W. Va. 151 - Findo v. Hamilton

3. “"The question of malpractice in a diagnostic situation is often dependent upon when the plaintiff is informed by another physician that the original diagnosis was wrong and whether if a correct diagnosis had been made and treatment rendered the ultimate result would have changed. * * *" Renner v. Asli, supra, 280 S.E.2d at 242 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Metzger v. Kalke