Saunders v. Ready’s Empirical Analysis

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7 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 7 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Before a [medical] malpractice tribunal, a plaintiff's offer of proof must (1) show that the defendant is a provider of health care as defined in G. L. c. 231, § 60B ; (2) demonstrate that the health care provider [in question] did not conform to good medical practice; and (3) establish resulting damage.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Chandler v. Chang · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Greene v. Elgeziry

2. “legitimate question of liability appropriate for judicial inquiry.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Chandler v. Chang · 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1126 - Greene v. Elgeziry

3. “[t]he line between impermissible speculation and permissible inference is not a clearly marked, bright line. Rather, it is one that must turn on an informed judgment of the reasonableness of the inference drawn.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 92 Mass. App. Ct. 1108 - Chandler v. Chang