Smith v. Parrott’s Empirical Analysis
2003
Citation profile
30 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 30 later decisions — most recently January 2023 · most notably Doe v. Forrest (2004), Thierfelder v. Wolfert (2012)
30 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 Fabio v. Bellomo · Smyth v. Twin State Improvement Corp. · 445 So. 2d 1015 - Gooding v. University Hosp. Bldg., Inc. · Kramer v. Lewisville Memorial Hospital · Fennell v. Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Inc.
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 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) The degree of knowledge or skill possessed or the degree of care ordinarily exercised by a reasonably skillful, careful, and prudent health care professional engaged in a similar practice under the same or similar circumstances whether or not within the state of Vermont. (2) That the defendant either lacked this degree of knowledge or skill or failed to exercise this degree of care; and (3) That as a proximate result of this lack of knowledge or skill or the failure to exercise this degree of care the plaintiff suffered injuries that would not otherwise have been incurred.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Although some of the arguments in favor of the loss of chance doctrine are appealing, we are mindful that it represents a significant departure from the traditional meaning of causation in tort law.... [T]he decision to expand the definition of causation and thus the potential liability of the medical profession in Vermont "involves significant and far-reaching policy concerns" more properly left to the Legislature, where hearings may be held, data collected, and competing interests heard before a wise decision is reached. (Internal citations omitted.)”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“of harm. The trial court appeared to accept plaintiff's formulation, but rejected the testimony as inadequate on other grounds. ¶ 10. We have recently reaffirmed the common-law and statutory principle that in medical malpractice, as in tort law generally,”
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.