Molloy v. Meier’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
26
cited by 26 later decisions
3
states following
March 2019
most recently cited
26 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · Fabio v. Bellomo · Offerdahl v. University of Minnesota Hospitals & Clinics · Schroeder v. Perkel · Dalton v. Dow Chemical Co.
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“genetic testing and diagnosis does not affect only the patient. Both the patient and her family can benefit from accurate testing and diagnosis. And conversely, both the patient and her family can be harmed by negligent testing and diagnosis.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“[t]he standard of care thus acknowledges that families rely on physicians to communicate a diagnosis of the genetic disorder to the patient's family.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is unlikely that the medical community will adopt a standard of care that is either unduly burdensome or unbeneficial to patients.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.