276 Ga. App. 632 - Walker v. Giles’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

24 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 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “To recover in a medical malpractice case, a plaintiff must show not only a violation of the applicable medical standard of care but also that the purported violation or deviation from the proper standard of care is the proximate cause of the injury sustained. In other words, a plaintiff must prove that the defendants’ negligence was both the cause in fact and the proximate cause of his injury”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 280 Ga. App. 570 - King v. Zakaria · Knight v. Roberts

2. “A negligent actor is liable not only for the injury caused by his own acts but is also liable for any additional harm resulting from the manner in which reasonably required medical services are rendered. See Restatement (2d) of Torts, § 457 (1965). A defendant may be liable not only for all damages resulting directly from his negligent act “but also for all damage resulting from the improper or unskillful treatment of the injuries by the physician.” Smith v. Hardy, 144 Ga. App. 168 [, 173-174] (16) ( 240 SE2d 714 ) (1977).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 286 Ga. App. 725 - Amu v. Barnes

3. “[P]revious Georgia cases permitting joint and several liability of two or more physicians who independently treat a patient at different times but together cause an indivisible injury to the plaintiff implicitly reject the notion that a first-treating physician is absolved of legal responsibility as a matter of law.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Knight v. Roberts