Smith v. Hoffman’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
3
states following
August 1991
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jones v. Dressel · Hamilton v. Hardy · 37 Colo. App. 372 - Eight Thousand West Corporation v. Stewart · Bolles v. Kinton
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“"* * * that in the circumstances here presented, plaintiff's failure, prior to trial, to produce a statement from an expert witness asserting that defendant's conduct was negligent is not sufficient to permit the dismissal of his complaint. Disputed material facts disclosed by the pleadings remain unresolved and must, therefore, await resolution by the appropriate finder of fact." 656 P.2d at 1329 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Metzger v. Kalke
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