Welsh v. Bulger’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
92 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 107 later decisions — most recently June 2024 · most notably Commonwealth v. Porter (1999), Stimmler v. Chestnut Hill Hospital (2009)
92 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Hamil v. Bashline · Marks v. Tasman · Thompson v. Nason Hospital · Mitzelfelt v. Kamrin · Brannan v. Lankenau Hospital
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 107 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““In order to present a prima facie case of corporate negligence, [plaintiff was] required to introduce evidence of the following: (1) [hospital] acted in deviation from the standard of care; (2) [hospital] had actual or constructive notice of the defects or procedures which created the harm; and (3) that the conduct was a substantial factor in bringing about the harm.””
6 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[t]o establish a claim for corporate negligence against a hospital, a plaintiff must show that the hospital had actual or constructive knowledge of the defect or procedures that created the harm. Thompson .”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority““As we explained in Thompson , [i]t is well established that a hospital staff member or employee has a duty to recognize and report abnormalities in the treatment and condition of its patients. If the attending physician fails to act after being informed of such abnormalities, it is then incumbent upon the hospital staff member or employee to so advise the hospital authorities so that appropriate action might be taken. When there is a failure to report changes in a patient’s condition and/or to question a physician’s order which is not in accord with standard medical practice and the patient is injured as a result, the hospital will be hable for such negligence. Thompson , 527 Pa. at 342-43 , 591 A.2d at 709 (citations omitted).” Welsh, 548 Pa. at 516 n.13, 698 A.2d at 586 a 13.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.