2005 Pa. Super. 96 - Choma v. Iyer’s Empirical Analysis
2005
Citation profile
7
cited by 7 later decisions
1
states following
February 2019
most recently cited
7 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Chidester · 422 Pa. Super. 556 - Bonavitacola v. Cluver · 377 Pa. Super. 512 - Morganstein v. House · 383 Pa. Super. 65 - D'ANGELIS v. Zakuto
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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The two schools of thought doctrine provides a complete defense to a malpractice claim. It directs that where competent medical authority is divided, a physician will not be held responsible if in the exercise of his judgment he followed a course of treatment advocated by a considerable number of recognized and respected professionals in his given area of expertise. ...”
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.