Goodwin v. Harrison’s Empirical Analysis
1989
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 63 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 67 later decisions — most recently March 2025 · most notably Viking Ins. Co. of Wisconsin v. Jester (1992), Calandro v. Parkerson (1998)
2 federal appellate · 63 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 117 Ill. 2d 507 - Kirk v. Michael Reese Hospital & Medical Center · Diaz v. Southern Drilling Corp. · Rad-Razorback Ltd. Partnership v. B.G. Coney Co. · Finch v. State · 118 Ill. 2d 528 - Daleiden v. Wiggins Oil Co.
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 67 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Nor is it critical whether a medical expert is a general practitioner or a specialist so long as he exhibits knowledge of the subject. Where a duly licensed and practicing physician has gained knowledge of the standard of care applicable to a specialty in which he is not directly engaged but as to which he has an opinion based on education, experience, observation or association with that specialty, his opinion is competent. [Citation.] The reason for not requiring specialization in a certified field is obvious. Physicians are reluctant to testify against each other. [Citations.] Consequently, when an expert can be found, it is immaterial whether he is a general practitioner or a specialist providing he has knowledge of the standard of care in any given field; otherwise, the plaintiff could never prove a case against a specialist unless he has an expert of the particular specialty, and the plaintiff would never be able to sue a general practitioner unless he had a general practitioner who was willing to testify as an expert. [Citation.]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“Appellant next contends that the entire Arkansas medical malpractice act, Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-207 to-209 (1987), is unconstitutional. She does not explain how the entire act has adversely impacted upon her, a necessary prerequisite to standing, nor does she cite any authority or make a convincing argument to support her position. She merely takes her position that the act is unconstitutional because it violates various listed provisions of the federal and state constitutions. As we have said many times, assignments of error which are unsupported by convincing argument or authority, will not be considered on appeal unless it is apparent without further research that they are well taken. Knoles v. Salazaar, 298 Ark. 281 , 766 S.W.2d 613 (1989).”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Webb v. Bouton“In Shelter Mutual Ins. Co. v. Tucker, 295 Ark. 260 , 748 S.W.2d 136 (1988), we note that ARCP Rule 32 outlines the use of depositions; it does not distinguish between discovery depositions and evidentiary depositions. Yet, we know that members of the bar commonly describe depositions as being either discovery or evidentiary. Here, the parties and the court obviously thought that they were dealing with “discovery” depositions, and accordingly, there was an implied agreement that they were not evidentiary depositions and could not be used as evidence at the trial. Thus, appellant waived the literal wording of ARCP Rule 32.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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