Buck v. Henry’s Empirical Analysis
2011
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 15 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Burns v. Belafsky · Ferreira v. Rancocas Orthopedic Associates · Galik v. Clara Maass Medical Center a Hospital Corp. · Galik v. CLARA MAASS MED. CENTER · Kieffer v. Best Buy
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 17 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[W]here the defendant is a specialist or subspecialist, the person providing the testimony against him ‘shall have specialized at the time of the occurrence that is the basis for the action in the same specialty or subspecialty[.]’ N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-41(a). Further, where the defendant is board certified, the witness against him must also be board certified in the same specialty or subspecialty, [Here, the Court inserted the following footnote: ‘Alternatively, the witness shall be “a physician credentialed by a hospital” to treat the condition or perform the procedure that is the basis of the claim. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-41(a)(l).’], and ‘during the year immediately preceding the date of the occurrence that is the basis of the claim or action, shall have devoted a majority of his professional time to’ active clinical practice or teaching of the specialty or subspecialty. N.J. Stat. Ann. § 2A:53A-41(a)(2).”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) those who are specialists in a field recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) but who are not board certified in that specialty; (2) those who are specialists in a field recognized by the ABMS and who are board certified in that specialty; and (3) those who are “general practitioners.” [ 207 N.J. at 389 , 25 A.3d 240 .]”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“immediate recognition, evaluation, care, stabilization and disposition of a generally diversified population of adult and pediatric patients in response to acute illness and injury.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.