Ruther v. Kaiser’s Empirical Analysis
2012
Citation profile
67 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Oklahoma v. New Mexico · Westfield Insurance v. Galatis · Mussivand v. David · Ada v. Guam Society of Obstetricians & Gynecologists · National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius
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 68 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a time after which they may be free from the fear of litigation.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“(C) Except * * * as provided in division (D) of this section, both of the following apply: (1) No action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim shall be commenced more than four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim. (2) If an action upon a medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim is not commenced within four years after the occurrence of the act or omission constituting the alleged basis of the medical, dental, optometric, or chiropractic claim, then, any action upon that claim is barred.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“[t]he medical-malpractice statute of repose found in No. 14AP-65 3 R.C. 2305.113(C) does not extinguish a vested right and thus does not violate the Ohio Constitution, Article I, Section 16.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passagee.g. Ander v. Clark · York v. Hutchins
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.