Saffian v. Simmons’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

12 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 12 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “'[A]n abuse of discretion occurs only when the trial court's decision is outside the range of reasonable and principled outcomes.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 326 Mich. App. 227 - TM v. MZ · 323 Mich. App. 254 - Nancy Sanders v. McLaren-macomb

2. “whether defendant, who chose not to respond to a summons and complaint because he believed it was accompanied by a technically deficient affidavit of merit under MCL 600.2912d(1), [ 9 ] could be defaulted.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 323 Mich. App. 254 - Nancy Sanders v. McLaren-macomb

3. “where an affidavit of merit is filed with a medical malpractice complaint, a defendant must timely answer or otherwise file some responsive pleading to the complaint, or else be subject to a default.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 323 Mich. App. 254 - Nancy Sanders v. McLaren-macomb