39 So. 2d 196 - Wells v. McGehee’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

16 state decisions

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

1. ““The rule is well established that a physician or dentist cannot be held liable for the death of a patient under his treatment, where there is no evidence to show negligence or lack of skill on his part, sufficient to overcome the prima facie case in his favor made by the evidence that the treatment adopted by him was the usual and customary one. The fact that a patient died under such circumstances does not raise any presumption of negligence or lack of skill on his part.” (Emphasis supplied.)”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Lejeune v. United States Casualty Company · 200 So. 2d 318 - Stern v. Boyce

2. “"The law seems to be well-settled: "That where the physician or surgeon uses all the customary precautions practiced by the profession in the particular locality, no liability is incurred. Thus, the highest degree of skill and knowledge is not required in every case, but only such skill and knowledge and practices as are common with the profession in the locality where the physician or surgeon happens to practice."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 61 So. 2d 901 - Meyer v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co.