Johnson v. Johnson’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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

1. “[p]unitive damages may be awarded only in such tort actions in which it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that the defendant's actions showed willful misconduct, malice, fraud, wantonness, oppression, or that entire want of care which would raise the presumption of conscious indifference to consequences.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 343 Ga. App. 693 - Hughes v. First Acceptance Insurance Company of Georgia, Inc.

2. “[a]lthough OCGA § 9-11-9.1 does not apply [to a claim based on intentional conduct] and, as a result, [the plaintiff] was not required to attach an expert affidavit to his medical fraud complaint, this does not mean that expert testimony will not be necessary for a jury to find in his favor”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Williams v. Murrell