557 So. 2d 1253 - Craig v. Borcicky’s Empirical Analysis

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11 state decisions

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

1. “"While an orthopedic surgeon is presumably familiar with the care and treatment of the human skeletal structure, his *Page 1391 training is different from that of a podiatrist. Testimony as to negligence is generally limited to witnesses who are competent practitioners of a defendant's own school, who alone can testify as to the teachings of that school and as to the defendant's conformity to the practices of that school. Whitehurst v. Boehm , 41 N.C. App. 670 , 255 S.E.2d 761 , 765 (N.C.App. 1979); Annot. , 85 A.L.R.2d 1022 (1962); Am.Jur.2d Physicians and Surgeons , § 205, p. 340."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 564 So. 2d 1390 - Bodiford v. Lubitz

2. “"The standard of review applicable to a summary judgment is the Same as the standard for granting the motion, that is, we must determine whether there was a genuine issue of material fact and, if not, whether the movant was entitled to a judgment as a matter of law. Our review is further subject to the caveat that this Court must review the record in a light most favorable to the nonmovant and resolve all reasonable doubts against the movant."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 963 So. 2d 79 - Sherrer v. Embry

3. “this is not a case of `informed' consent where the question is whether the patient would have consented if all known risks had been disclosed; rather, it is a question of whether she consented at all to the injury-producing procedure, which was significantly different from the . . . procedure to which she concededly did consent.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 877 So. 2d 566 - Cain v. Howorth