Mower v. Childrens Ctr’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “owes a duty to a minor patient's parents to refrain from affirmative acts that recklessly violate the standard of care in a manner that gives rise to false memories or false allegations of sexual abuse committed by the plaintiff nonpatient parent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Smith v. Robinson

2. “the legal relationship between the parties, the foreseeability of injury, the likelihood of injury, public policy as to which party can best bear the loss occasioned by the injury, and other general policy considerations,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Pyper v. Reil

3. “The specific scope of the duty will depend upon the conduct that gives rise to the duty and the relationship of the plaintiff and the defendant.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Pyper v. Reil