Stone v. Williamson’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

14 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 16 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “In an action alleging medical malpractice, the plaintiff cannot recover for loss of an opportunity to survive or an opportunity to achieve a better result unless the opportunity was greater than 50%.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Compton v. Pass · Shaffer v. ST. JOSEPH'S MERCY HOSPITALS

2. “it is possible that the bad outcome would have occurred even if the patient had received proper treatment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
   e.g. Compton v. Pass · Shaffer v. ST. JOSEPH'S MERCY HOSPITALS

3. “`theory is potentially available in situations where a plaintiff cannot prove that a defendant's actions were the cause of his injuries, but can prove that the defendant's actions deprived him of a chance to avoid those injuries.'”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 285 Mich. App. 636 - Shivers v. Schmiege · 285 Mich. App. 80 - Ykimoff v. W a Foote Memorial Hospital