Colbert v. Georgetown University’s Empirical Analysis

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4 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “treatment after a mastectomy, he said, but because of the extensive growth of the tumor, it was called for in Mrs. Colbert's case. The treatment began very soon thereafter. Mr. Colbert testified at his deposition that on October 25, 1982, he was in his wife's hospital room when Dr. Goldberg came in. The doctor told them both that he had examined Mrs. Colbert's liver scan and found that the cancer had spread to her liver. [2] He said that Mrs. Colbert should”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Colbert v. Georgetown University

2. “DeBoer v. Brown, 138 Ariz. 168, 170 , 673 P.2d 912, 914 (1983) (citations omitted). In reversing a trial court's grant of summary judgment in a medical malpractice case, the Illinois Appellate Court defined the relevant injury for purposes of the discovery rule as the metastasis of the original cancer:”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Colbert v. Georgetown University

3. “The issue before us is not whether [the plaintiff] knew that she had cancer in July 1987; she admits to having this knowledge. The larger issue is whether she reasonably should have known that the condition would metastasize. If so, her action is barred, otherwise it is not.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Colbert v. Georgetown University