Harwell v. Pittman’s Empirical Analysis
1983
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
2
states following
September 1998
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Meyer v. St. Paul-Mercury Indemnity Co. · Uter v. Bone and Joint Clinic · 261 So. 2d 261 - Lauro v. Travelers Insurance Company · 361 So. 2d 245 - Beck v. Lovell · Beck v. Lovell
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The patient's consent must be an informed one, i.e., the physician has a duty to disclose all known information material to a patient's intelligent decision to undergo a particular operation or therapeutic procedure. That information should include a description and explanation of the proposed diagnostic, therapeutic or surgical procedure contemplated, the material risks involved and any alternatives available.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“... consent of a patient, expressed or implied, is required prior to a surgical operation, and a surgeon who operates without such consent is liable in damages except in case of an emergency requiring immediate surgery for preservation of life or health, under circumstances in which it is impractical to obtain the consent of the patient or someone authorized to assume such responsibility.”
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.