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← 184 SW3D 257 - Morrell v. Finke

Morrell v. Finke’s Empirical Analysis

2005

Citation profile

19
cited by 19 later decisions
1
states following
March 2017
most recently cited

19 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on In Re King's Estate · City of Keller v. Wilson · Garza v. Alviar · Pool v. Ford Motor Co. · Speth v. New Jersey

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “reassuring” accelerations show that the baby is oxygenated and tolerating labor. See id. at 263 . A normal variation in the fetal heart rate is also a reassuring sign of fetal well-being. See id. at 262-63 . 7 . In his medical expert report, Dr. Michael L. Hall, Cornejo and Portillo’s expert, explained that”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage
  2. “hypoxia,” a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body that could lead to depletion of the baby’s oxygen reserves over time, resulting in brain damage. See id. A fetal heart monitor strip will be either “reassuring” or”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

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.