Forfar v. Walmart’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1395A (§ 1802 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1395B · 42 U.S.C. § 1395U (§ 1842 of the Social Security Act of 1935) · 42 U.S.C. § 1395W (§ 1848 of the Social Security Act of 1935)
Relies on Hines v. Davidowitz · Maryland v. Louisiana · Robinson v. Bates · Pryor v. Webber · Kistler v. Halsey
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 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[a] majority of courts have concluded that plaintiffs are entitled to claim and recover the full amount of reasonable medical expenses charged, based on the reasonable value of medical services rendered, including amounts written off from the bills pursuant to contractual rate reductions”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“the reasonable value of Mr. Forfar's medical services was not limited to amounts that Medicare paid to his providers, even assuming they could receive no more from Mr. Forfar or anyone who might be vicariously liable to them, such as a guarantor”
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.