Wilson v. Corbin’s Empirical Analysis
1950
Citation profile
9 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 49 later decisions — most recently September 1993 · most notably Smith v. Yohe (1963), Lane v. Calvert (1993)
9 federal appellate · 38 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hodgson v. Bigelow · Lindquist v. Des Moines Union Railway Co. · Bolles v. Kinton · James v. Grigsby · Hill v. Boughton
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 49 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““A physician is bound to use that degree of knowledge, skill, care, and attention ordinarily exercised by physicians under like circumstances and in like localities. He does not impliedly guarantee results. Bartholomew v. Butts, supra, 232 Iowa 776, 779 , 5 N.W.2d 7, 9 , and citations. “Of course malpractice may consist in lack of skill or care in diagnosis as well as in treatment. In re Estate of Johnson, 145 Neb. 333 , 16 N.W.2d 504, 511 , and citation; Kuechler v. Volgmann, 180 Wis. 238 , 192 N.W. 1015 , 31 A.L.R. 826, 829 , and citation; 41 Am.Jur., Physicians and Surgeons, section 92. “A patient is entitled to a thorough and careful examination such as his condition and attending circumstances will permit, with such diligence and methods of diagnosis as are usually approved and practiced by physicians of ordinary learning, judgment and skill in the community or similar localities. A physician does not insure the correctness of his diagnosis. Ramberg v. Morgan, 209 Iowa 474, 477 , 218 N.W. 492 . See also In re Estate of Johnson, supra, 145 Neb. 333 , 16 N.W.2d 504, 510 , and citations; Hill v. Boughton, 146 Fla. 505 , 1 So.2d 610 , 134 A.L.R. 678, 682 ; 41 Am.Jur., Physicians and Surgeons, section 92. “Ordinarily, evidence of the requisite skill and care exercised by a physician must come from experts. Bartholomew v. Butts, supra, and citations. But there are exceptions to this rule. Whetstine v. Moravec, 228 Iowa 352 , 370 et seq., 291 N.W. 425 and citations, especially ”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““Where parties proceed without objection to try an issue, even though not presented by the pleadings, it amounts to consent to' try such issue and it is then rightfully in the case.” (Citations) Pages 605, 606 of 241 Iowa, page 709 of 41 N.W.2d. The holding is fully applicable here.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“Of course the original injury, even if promptly diagnosed and treated, would naturally cause much pain, loss of time, and perhaps some permanent stiffness. And it may be difficult to determine precisely how much of plaintiff's total damage is due to the injury and how much to defendant's negligence. Indeed pain is of course incapable of exact pecuniary compensation in any case. But we think the testimony affords a substantial basis for an intelligent award of damages.”
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.