Batten v. Hunt’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Appellate journey
reviewedthe decision below (from Texas 277th Judicial District Court)
Relationships
Relies on City of Houston v. Clear Creek Basin Authority · Great American Reserve Insurance Co. v. San Antonio Plumbing Supply Co. · Nelson v. Krusen · Kimball v. Brothers · Diaz v. Westphal
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 2 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“notwithstanding any other law, no health care liability claim may be commenced unless the action is filed within two years from the occurrence of the breach or tort or from the date the medical or health care treatment that is the subject of the claim or the hospitalization for which the claim is made is completed.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. O'REILLY v. Wiseman
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.