Cox v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

17 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 19 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[a] physician who leaves a patient in a critical stage of a disease without reason or sufficient notice to enable the patient to secure another physician is subject to liability to that patient. To prove abandonment, a plaintiff patient must show that the abandonment occurred during a critical stage of the patient's [ ... ] treatment. Even if a jury could determine that defendants refused to treat [the plaintiff] because her bill was past due, expert evidence would be required to establish that [the plaintiff] was at a critical stage of her medical care when defendants allegedly withdrew medical treatment. Consequently, without expert testimony ... an abandonment cause of action cannot be proven.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Newman v. Sonnenberg

2. “Plaintiffs contend that the trial court erred in sustaining defendants’ motion for summary judgment. Summary judgment is proper when there is no genuine issue of material fact and the moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. [Citation.] In this case, the issue becomes “not whether there was negligence in the actions of the defendant but whether there was evidence upon which liability could be found.” [Citation.] Our task is to determine whether any evidence in the summary judgment record enables plaintiffs to establish the applicable standards of care, and defendants’ breach of those standards. [Citation.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Kubik v. Burk