521 So. 2d 534 - Hondroulis v. Schuhmacher’s Empirical Analysis
1988
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
December 1992
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schloendorff v. Society of the New York Hospital · LaCaze v. Collier · Karl J. Pizzalotto, MD, Ltd. v. Wilson · LaCaze v. Collier · Leiva v. Nance
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 following known risks are associated with this procedure including anesthesia: death; brain damage; disfiguring scars; paralysis; the loss of or loss of function of body organs; and the loss or loss of function of any arm or leg”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“death, brain damage, quadriplegia, paraplegia, the loss or loss of function of any organ or limb, [or] disfiguring scars”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage“leads to the absurd result that a physician [can] merely copy the language of the statute for every surgical procedure.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the dissent
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.