286 Ga. App. 725 - Amu v. Barnes’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
9 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Zwiren v. Thompson · Atlanta Obstetrics & Gynecology Group, P. A. v. Coleman · 188 Ga. App. 706 - Whitaker v. Zirkle · Fish v. Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball Club · 276 Ga. App. 632 - Walker v. Giles
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 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In order for this exception to apply, not only must there be evidence that the [patient] developed a new injury, but [he or she] also must `remain() asymptomatic for a period of time following the misdiagnosis.' [Cit.]”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(w)hen a misdiagnosis results in subsequent injury that is difficult or impossible to date precisely, the statute of limitation[s] runs from the date symptoms attributable to the new injury are manifest to the plaintiff.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“at some time between the misdiagnosis and the correct diagnosis, when the patient (is) not experiencing symptoms.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.