57 Wis. 2d 1 - Peterson v. Roloff’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 52 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 64 later decisions — most recently June 2015 · most notably 113 Wis. 2d 550 - Hansen v. AH Robins, Inc. (1983), 66 Wis. 2d 382 - Kallas Millwork Corp. v. Square D Co. (1975)
4 federal appellate · 2 district · 52 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 Urie v. Thompson · Holytz v. City of Milwaukee · Ayers v. Morgan · Goller v. White · Fernandi v. Strully
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 64 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) That of discouraging stale and fraudulent claims, and (2) that of allowing meritorious claimants, who have been as diligent as possible, an opportunity to seek redress for injuries sustained.”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage“We conclude that this is a matter peculiarly for legislative determination. Because of the numerous cases in which the present three-year requirement for commencing an action by a party who is the victim of medical malpractice is too short, we strongly recommend to the legislature that the basic three-year statute for negligence actions due to medical malpractice be amended.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage““In Schwenkhoff v. Farmers Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. (1960), 11 Wis. 2d 97 , 104 N.W.2d 154 , we solemnly said the failure of the legislature to enact a bill designed to change the rule that an unemancipated minor could not maintain an action in tort against its negligent parent for personal injuries constituted an expression by the legislature that no change should be made by this court. Yet three years later we reversed our position in Goller v. White (1963), 20 Wis. 2d 402 , 122 N.W.2d 193 , on the basis of Holytz v. Milwaukee (1962), 17 Wis. 2d 26 , 115 N.W.2d 618 , and said the reasons advanced in Sehwenkhoff for not changing the parental immunity rule no longer applied. In Holytz we held it was our responsibility to change a court-made rule when we deemed the change necessary in the interest of justice even though the legislature had refused to make the changes. Likewise, in Smith v. Congregation of St. Rose (1953), 265 Wis. 393, 398 , 61 N.W.2d 896 , we stated dissatisfaction with the charitable immunity doctrine should be addressed to the legislature. But in Kojis v. Doctors Hospital (1961), 12 Wis. 2d 367, 373 , 107 N.W.2d 131 , 107 N.W.2d 292 , this court changed its position and abolished the doctrine of immunity.” 57 Wis. 2d at 16 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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