276 Ill. App. 3d 1038 - Steinberg v. Dunseth’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
35 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 38 later decisions — most recently September 2025 · most notably 174 Ill. 2d 77 - Bryson v. News America Publications, Inc. (1996), 227 Ill. 2d 343 - Porter v. Decatur Memorial Hospital (2008)
35 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 146 Ill. 2d 263 - Loyola Academy v. S & S Roof Maintenance, Inc. · 155 Ill. 2d 402 - In Re Estate of Hoover · 157 Ill. 2d 484 - Torcasso v. Standard Outdoor Sales, Inc. · 147 Ill. 2d 57 - DeLuna v. St. Elizabeth's Hospital · 131 Ill. 2d 196 - Van's Material Co. v. Department of Revenue
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 38 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““Section 2 — 622 does not, however, provide that a defendant may secure a dismissal by showing that the written report is mistaken or inconsistent with depositions or other discovery materials. [Citation.] Section 2 — 622 is a pleading requirement designed to reduce frivolous lawsuits, not a substantive defense which may be employed to bar plaintiffs who fail to meet its terms. [Citation.] A complaint may be dismissed where the section 2 — 622 written report does not clearly identify the reasons for the health care professional’s determination that there is a meritorious cause of action, but leave to amend should then be granted.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“worst case situation, medical records personnel might be involved in a cover-up”
1 later decision 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.