Poulin v. Yasner’s Empirical Analysis

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3 federal appellate · 41 state decisions

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

1. “when the negligence is gross, when the medical condition is obvious and when the plaintiff's evidence of injury creates a probability so strong that a lay juror can form a reasonable belief.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 173 Conn. App. 291 - Theodore v. Lifeline Systems Co. · Davis v. Rodriguez

2. “"All medical malpractice claims, whether involving acts or inactions of a defendant physician, require that a defendant physician's conduct proximately cause the plaintiffs injuries. The question is whether the conduct of the defendant was a substantial factor in causing the plaintiffs injury. Expert medical opinion evidence is usually required to show the cause of an injury or disease because the medical effect on the human system of the infliction of injuries is generally not within the sphere of the common knowledge of the lay person." (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Poulin v. Yasner, 64 Conn. App. 730 , 738 , 781 A.2d 422 , cert. denied, 258 Conn. 911 , 782 A.2d 1245 (2001); see also Conn. Code Evid. § 7-2 ; fn8 2 B. Holden J. Daly, Connecticut Evidence (2d Ed. 1988) §§ 119d-119f. Carusillo v. Associated Women's Health, 72 Conn. App. 75 , 85 (2002).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 2003 Conn. Super. Ct. 1297 - Ruggiero v. Christoforo, No. Cv 98 9412137 S (Jan. 20, 2003)

3. “A court should direct a verdict if, on the evidence, the jury reasonably and legally could not have reached any other conclusion. ... A directed verdict is justified if the plaintiff fails to present any evidence as to a necessary element of his or her cause of action.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 172 Conn. App. 699 - Ruff v. Yale-New Haven Hospital, Inc.