406 Pa. Super. 540 - SINCLAIR BY SINCLAIR v. Block’s Empirical Analysis
1991
Citation profile
19 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 11101 (Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986)
Relies on McKnight v. Commonwealth · In re the Primary Election of May 21, 1991 · Klusman v. Bucks County Court of Common Pleas · Commonwealth v. Klinghoffer · Eckman v. Commonwealth
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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“For example, physicians routinely utilize otoscopes to examine the ears and ear canals of their patients. In performing such an examination, the physician would not be required to specifically obtain the patient’s consent to use the otoscope, as this procedure would be covered by the patient’s general consent to the examination. Similarly, a gynecologist typically inserts a speculum into a woman’s vagina in order to perform a vaginal examination. Again, such a procedure would not require the physician to obtain the patient’s specific consent to utilize this tool, as it would be covered by the patient’s general consent to the examination.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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.