Hoffner v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
20 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 20 later decisions — most recently August 2025
20 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Nordlinger v. Hahn · United States v. Virginia · Allied Stores of Ohio, Inc. v. Bowers · Carson v. Maurer · Kenyon v. Hammer
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 20 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Statutes of repose are different from statutes of limitation, although they have comparable effects. A statute of limitation bars a right of action unless it is filed within a specified period of time after an injury occurs. The purpose of a statute of limitation is to prevent “plaintiffs from sleeping on their legal rights to the detriment of defendants”. A statute of limitation period commences either upon the occurrence of an injury, or when the injury is discovered. A statute of limitation must allow a reasonable time after a cause of action arises for the filing of a lawsuit. A statute of repose terminates any right of action after a specific time has elapsed, regardless of whether or not there has as yet been an injury. A statute of repose period begins to run from the occurrence of some event other than the event of an injury that gives rise to a cause of action and, therefore, bars a cause of action before the injury occurs. A person injured after the statutory period of repose is left without a remedy for the injury.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The following actions must be commenced within two years after the claim for relief has accrued: ... An action for the recovery of damages resulting from malpractice; provided, however, that the limitation of an action against a physician or licenced hospital will not be extended beyond six years of the act or omission of alleged malpractice by a nondiscovery therefore unless discovery was prevented by the fraudulent conduct of the physician or licensed hospital.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“When a party, by that party's own declaration, act, or omission, intentionally and deliberately has led another to believe a particular thing true and to act upon such belief, that party shall not be permitted to falsify it in any litigation arising out of such declaration, act, or omission.”
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.