Newell v. Ruiz’s Empirical Analysis
286 F.3d 166 · 2002
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Alan J. Cornblatt, PA v. Barow · Hubbard Ex Rel. Hubbard v. Reed · Robin Chamberlain v. Vincent C. Giampapa, M.D., Individually and Dba Plastic Surgery Center Internationale · Petition of Hall by and Through Hall · Palanque v. Lambert-Woolley
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 10 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Rule 1042.3(a)(1) provides: In any action based upon an allegation that a licensed professional deviated from an acceptable professional standard, the attorney for the plaintiff, or the plaintiff if not represented, shall file with the complaint or within sixty days after the filing of the complaint, a certificate of merit signed by the attorney or party that ... an appropriate licensed professional has supplied a written statement that there exists a reasonable probability that the care, skill or knowledge exercised or exhibited in the treatment, practice or work that is the subject of the complaint, fell outside acceptable professional standards and that such conduct was a cause in bringing about the harm....”
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.